完形填空。 I grew up poor-living in the housing projects (住房) with six brothers,

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完形填空。     I grew up poor-living in the housing projects (住房) with six brothers, three sisters, a varying assortment
(各式各样东西的混合) of foster kids (养子), my father, and a wonderful mother, Scarlette Hunley. We had
little money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention. I was   1   and energetic. I understood
that no matter how poor a person was, he could still   2   a dream.
     My dream was   3 . By the time I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, and hit anything that moved on
the baseball field. I was also   4 : My high school Coach Jarvis, who not only believed in me, but taught me
how to believe in myself. He   5   me the difference between having a dream and showing conviction (信念).
One particular incident with Coach Jarvis changed my life forever.
    It was the summer between my junior and senior years, and a friend   6   me for a summer job. This meant
a chance for money in my pocket-cash for dates with girls, certainly, money for a new bike and new clothes,
and the   7   of savings for a house for my mother. The prospect of a summer job was attractive and interesting,
and l wanted to jump at the opportunity. Then I realized I would have to   8   summer baseball to handle the
work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn"t be playing.
     When I told Coach Jarvis, he was   9   as I expected him to be. "You have your whole life to work," he said.
"Your  10  days are limited. You can"t afford to waste them."
     I stood before him with my head hanging, trying to think of the words that would explain to him why my
dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his  11  to me.
     "How much are you going to make at this job, son?" He demanded.
     "3.5 dollars an hour." I replied.
     "Well," he asked, "Is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream?"
    That question, the plainness of it, laid here for me the difference between wanting something right now and
having a goal. I delicated myself to sports that summer and with the year I was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates
to play baseball, and was  12  a $20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1998 for $1.7 million,
and bought my mother the house of my dreams.

答案

举一反三

(     )1.A. happy
(     )2.A. live
(     )3.A. athletics
(     )4.A. right
(     )5.A. persuaded
(     )6.A. sent
(     )7.A. aim
(     )8.A. give in
(     )9.A. disappointed
(     )10.A. living
(     )11.A. sadness
(     )12.A. paid

B. polite
B. afford
B. music
B. popular
B. taught
B. advised
B. idea
B. give up
B. mad
B. playing
B. regret
B. got

C. shy
C. make
C. business
C. lucky
C. brought
C. gave
C. start
C. give away
C. frightened
C. working
C. hopelessness
C. offered

D. honest
D. need
D. money
D. confident
D. asked
D. recommended
D. purpose
D. give off
D. shameful
D. learning
D. disappointment
D. presented

1-5: A B A C B 6-10: D C B A D 11-12: D C

完形填空。

     Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a   1   of about eighty miles. It was late and I was
in a hurry. However, if anyone asked me how fast I was   2 , I"d say I was not over-speeding. Several times
I got   3   behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road, and I was holding my fists tightly with   4  .
     At one point along an open highway, I   5   a crossroad with a traffic light. I was alone on the road by now,
but as I   6   the light, it turned red and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right and behind me. Nothing. No cars,
no suggestion of headlights, but there I sat, waiting for the light to   7 , the only human being for at least a mile
in any   8  .
     I started   9   why I refused to run the light. I was not afraid of being  10 , because there was obviously no
policeman around, and there certainty would have been no  11  in going through it.
    Much later that night, after I  12  a group of my friends in Lewisburg and climbed into bed near midnight,
the question of why I"d stopped for that light  13   me. I think I stopped because it"s part of a contract (合同)
we all have with each other. It"s not only the  14 , but it"s an arrangement we have, and we trust each other to
  15  it: we don"t go through red lights. Like most of us, I"m more likely to be  16  from doing something bad
by the social convention that  17  it than by any law against it.
     It"s amazing that we ever  18  each other to do the right thing, isn"t it? And we do, too. Trust is our  19
preference.
     I was so  20  of myself for stopping for the red light that night.

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(     )1. A. flight
(     )2. A.thinking
(     )3. A.stopped
(     )4. A.horror
(     )5. A.ran off
(     )6. A.passed
(     )7. A.stop
(     )8. A.way
(     )9. A. wondering
(     )10. A.abused
(     )11. A.danger
(     )12. A.met with
(     )13. A.turned out to
(     )14. A.virtue
(     )15. A.honor
(     )16. A.stopped
(     )17. A.speaks of
(     )18. A.suspect
(     )19. A.only
(     )20. A.sorry

B. distance
B. driving
B. changed
B. strength
B. came to
B. watched
B. change
B. side
B. suspecting
B. fined
B. sign
B. got over
B. came back to
B. suggestion
B. solve
B. protected
B. stands by
B. trust
B. first
B. doubtful

C. road
C. complaining
C. stuck
C. understanding
C. passed by
C. approached
C. turn
C. city
C. struggling
C. injured
C. time
C. got rid of
C. referred to
C. law
C. break
C. rejected
C. takes in
C. teach
C. lucky
C. sure

D. length
D. running
D. lost
D. impatience
D. left behind
D. found
D. die
D. direction
D. regretting
D. killed
D. record
D. called back
D. occurred to
D. order
D. judge
D. frightened
D. disapproves of
D. care
D. living
D. proud

阅读理解。

     When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. I"ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my
neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends
who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark wouldn"t let that happen.
     Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, the scores of our
whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some
kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not
to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down.
     Mr. Clark was selected as Disney"s 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of
a hat; those students would go with him to Los Angeles to get the award. But when the time came to draw
names, Mr. Clark said, "You"re all going."
     On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didn"t want his class to end. In 2001, he moved to Atlanta,
but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education, and wrote a best-selling book based
on his classroom rules, The Essential 55.
     In 2003, Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages
(孤儿院). It was the most amazing experience of my life. It"s now my dream to one day start a group of
women"s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.

1. Without Mr. Clark, the writer ____.

A. might have been put into prison
B. might not have won the prize
C. might have joined a women"s club
D. might not have moved to Atlanta

2. The Essential 55 is ____.

A. a show
B. a speech
C. a classroom rule
D. a book

3. How many students" names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr. Clark?

A. None.
B. Three.
C. Fifty-five.
D. All.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A. It was in Harlem that we saw The Phantom of the Opera for the first time.
B. Mr. Clark taught us not to talk with our mouths full, and we did.
C. Mr. Clark was selected as Disney"s 2000 Teacher of the Year in Los Angeles.
D. In 2003, Mr. Clark moved to Atlanta, and he always kept in touch with us.

5. In the passage, the writer intends to tell us that ____.

A. Mr. Clark went to South Africa because he liked travelling
B. Mr. Clark helped to set up a group of women"s clubs
C. a good teacher can help raise his or her students" scores
D. a good teacher has a good influence on his or her students

阅读理解。

     My daughter Kelsey was born with cerebral palsy (脑瘫). Because of her cerebral palsy, Kelsey has very
little use of the fingers on her left hand. When she was four, she wanted to learn to tie her shoes just as her
best friend had done. I didn"t know what to do. If I couldn"t tie a shoe single-handedly, how was I going to
teach her? However, after three and a half years of practice, Kelsey finally did it!
     When she was six, she wanted to take ballet lessons. I"m embarrassed to admit how much this frightened
me. I wasn"t just afraid for her body, but for her feelings. I worried about the teasing she might get from the
rest of the dance class. But I didn"t know how to tell Kelsey all of this, and she wouldn"t let up, so I enrolled
her in a ballet school.
     Kelsey danced with abandon, completely unaffected by what she couldn"t do. The joy of dancing was
enough. Every person who saw Kelsey dance came away with something special. She danced for four years.
When she quit, it was only to announce that she wanted to take horseback riding lessons instead.
     In fifth grade, Kelsey excitedly brought home a registration from for school basketball. Now this was
going to be a major challenge for her. She could run only slowly, she"s short, and she still had the use of only
one hand. Warning bells were off inside my head again, but I had learned to ignore them. The excitement in
her eyes cancelled out all the drawbacks (缺陷), and we signed her up.
     After the first practice the coach said that he was afraid to let her play in a game. When he explained how
she might get hurt, I could see scenes lawsuits (官司) dancing in his head. But every child who plays sports
takes risks, I reasoned with him. After a few discussions and a little more encouragement, he decided to let
her play.
    For two years, Kelsey played harder than any girl in the league. And while she never made a basket during
a game, she brought other gifts that were more valuable to her teammates. In two years, I never once saw a
player treat her as anything other than treasures.

1. Kelsey stopped dancing because _____.

A. her mother didn"t support her
B. she wanted to learn horse riding
C. her health condition wasn"t suitable to dance
D. she couldn"t bear the teasing from her classmates

2. The author says "I had learned to ignore them" (in Para. 4) because she _____.

A. was capable of dealing with. any incident
B. was able to take good care of her daughter
C. was confident in her daughter"s health condition
D. was sure her daughter could overcome all the obstacles

3. During the stay in the basketball league, Kelsey _____.

A. often sent her teammates gifts
B. was treated as a great inspiration to the league
C. was often looked down upon by her teammates
D. often made her coach worry about a possible lawsuit

4. What is the theme of the story?

A. Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
B. Activities provide happiness for the disabled.
C. Nothing is difficult if you set your mind to it.
D. Exercises are vital for the recovery of patients.

完形填空。

     The next week, the man called Jimmy Calkins next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story:
    While making my list, I remembered an incident from high school. I   1   in a small town in Iowa. There
was a sheriff (警长) in town that   2   of us kids liked. One night, my two friends and I   3   to play a trick
on Sheriff Brown. After drinking a few beers, we found a can of red   4 , climbed the tall water tank in the
middle of town, and   5   on the tank in bright red letters: Sheriff Brown is an S.O.B. (脏话). The next day,
the town arose to   6   our glorious sign.   7   two hours, Sheriff Brown had my two friends and me in his
office. My friends   8   but I lied, refusing to tell the truth. I had thought no one ever found out.
     Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown"s name   9   on my list. I didn"t even know if he was still alive. Last
weekend, I dialed the  10  in my hometown back in Iowa. Sure enough, there was a Roger Brown still  11 .
I dialed his number. After a few  12 , I heard:"Hello?" I said:"Sheriff Brown?" Pause. " 13 ." "Well, this is
Jimmy Calkins. And I want you to know that I did it." Pause. "I  14   it!" he cried. We had a good laugh and
a lively  15 . His closing words were:"Jimmy, I always felt  16  for you because your friends got  17  off their
chest, which I knew you were carrying around all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your
sake (好处)."
     Jimmy  18  me to clear up all 101 pieces on my list. It took me almost two years, but became a true  19
for my career as a conflict mediator (矛盾调解者). No matter how  20   the conflict, crisis (危机) or situation
is, I always remember that it"s never too late to clear up the past and begin a new life.

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