When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000m race. My job was to 1 water to the runners. I remember being so 2 to see all the different kinds of people who passed by and grabbed a cup of water. Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past. I saw so many types of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! So the next year I 3 up for the race. That first 10,000m race was quite an 4 . I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked. 5 , I didn"t know if I could finish. Then came a defining (决定性) 6 . At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, very, very fast, and I felt 7 because I was 50 years younger than he but I couldn"t even keep up with him. I felt 8 for a second. But then I 9 something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had 10 abilities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my 11 was only to finish. After a minute, it 12 me that this was a lesson I could draw from. I learned something about myself in that moment. I turned my embarrassment into 13 . I 14 that I would not give up on running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and prepare 15 and one day I would be one of those 70-year-old persons who were still running. As I crossed the finish line, I was proud of my 16 . In life we all have those moments where we 17 ourselves to others. It"s only 18 . Don"t allow those moments to 19 you. Turn them into motivation and let them inspire you. With the proper preparation and training, you can improve your result to 20 anything you want in life. |
( )1. A. bring out ( )2. A. excited ( )3. A. gave ( )4. A. achievement ( )5. A. At times ( )6. A. victory ( )7. A. embarrassed ( )8. A. relaxed ( )9. A. realized ( )10. A. special ( )11. A. motto ( )12. A. worried ( )13. A. attraction ( )14. A. hoped ( )15. A. slightly ( )16. A. excitement ( )17. A. introduce ( )18. A. important ( )19. A. weaken ( )20. A. reserve | B. pass out B. worried B. made B. encouragement B. In time B. decision B. annoyed B. defeated B. lost B. evident B. plan B. hit B. devotion B. promised B. hardly B. accomplishment B. relate B. natural B. wound B. deliver | C. take out C. concerned C. signed C. instruction C. In all C. moment C. moved C. puzzled C. noticed C. common C. goal C. reached C. inspiration C. decided C. clearly C. movement C. present C. strange C. amuse C. achieve | D. pick out D. anxious D. dressed D. experience D. After all D. conclusion D. thrilled D. inspired D. remembered D. different D. direction D. hurt D. expectation D. suggested D. properly D. judgement D. compare D. ridiculous D. cheer D. abandon | 完形填空。 | A month after Hurricane Katrina, I returned home in New Orleans. There lay my house, 1 to waist-high ruins, smelly and dirty. Before the trip, I"d had my car 2 . When the office employee of the garage was writing up the bill, she 3 my Louisiana license plate. "You from New Orleans?" she asked. I said I was. "No 4 ," she said, and firmly shook her head when I reached for my wallet. The next day I went for a haircut, and the same thing 5 . As my wife was studying in Florida, we decided to 6 there and tried to find a rental house that we could 7 while also paying off a mortgage (抵押贷款) on our 8 house. We looked at many places, but none was 9 . We"d begun to accept that we"d have to live in extremely reduced circumstances 10 , when I got a very 11 e-mail from a James Kemmedy in California. He"d read some pieces I"d written about our 12 for Slate, the online magazine and wanted to give us ("no conditions attached") a new house 13 the lake from New Orleans. It sounded too good to be 14 , but I replied, thanking him for his exceptional 15 , that we had no plans to go back. Then a poet at the University of Florida 16 to rent his house to me while he went to England on his one-year paid leave. The rent was rather 17 . I mentioned the poet"s offer to James Kemmedy, and the next day he sent a check 18 our entire rent for eight months. Throughout this painful experience, the 19 of strangers has done much to bring back my faith in humanity. It"s almost worth 20 your worldly possessions to be reminded that people are really nice when given half a chance. | ( )1.A. destroyed ( )2.A. fixed ( )3.A. examined ( )4.A. problem ( )5.A. repeated ( )6.A. move ( )7.A. supply ( )8.A. spoiled ( )9.A. satisfied ( )10.A. for a while ( )11.A. polite ( )12.A. marriage ( )13.A. across ( )14.A. correct ( )15.A. generosity ( )16.A. attempted ( )17.A. reasonable ( )18.A. hiding ( )19.A. quality ( )20.A. abandoning | B. reduced B. stolen B. checked B. money B. happened B. go B. furnish B. repaired B. satisfactory B. in a while B. direct B. life B. under B. true B. possession B. encouraged B. believable B. covering B. state B. throwing | C. damaged C. broken C. watched C. charge C. came C. leave C. afford C. new C. approved C. all the while C. strange C. struggles C. in C. accurate C. trust C. offered C. expensive C. consisting C. example C. losing | D. made D. improved D. noticed D. parking D. appeared D. remove D. buy D. ruined D. agreed D. after a while D. disappointing D. family D. over D. exact D. politeness D. advised D. practical D. sharing D. kindness D. gaining | 阅读理解。 | A four-year-old boy has become pen pals with Britain"s Queen Elizabeth. Tom Stancombe started exchanging letters with the queen after he set free a balloon, carrying his name and address, at a school party and it landed in the grounds of Windsor Castle. The queen spotted the balloon and asked her personal assistant, Angela Kelly, to write a letter on her behalf. She wrote, "The queen was delighted to find that your balloon had traveled all the way to the gardens at Windsor Castle." Tom, who proudly put the letter on his wall, wrote back to say that his great, great grandfather, the artist Petrus Johannes Arundzen, had been commissioned (正式委托) to copy Dutch masters" on display at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace. Angela at once replied that she would contact the Royal Collection to find out what had happened to the art works. She kept her word and two weeks later wrote to Tom to tell him what had happened to the etchings, explaining they now form part of the print collection in the Print Library. Angela then asked a favor of Tom, writing, "Would you be able to ask your Mummy and Daddy for me if they know anything more about your great, great grandfather. Royal Collection would love to know more about him." Along with his parents, Tom wrote back to fill in all the gaps about Petrus Johannes Arundzen. Although Tom"s parents don"t think there will be any more letters exchanged between the pair, they were touched that she had taken time to contact them. Tom"s father said, "I don"t expect we"ll get another one, but I think it"s incredible they bothered replying at all." | 1. Windsor Castle is _____. | A. a playing ground B. the queen"s home C. a post office D. a rose garden | 2. "etchings" in Paragraph 5 means _____. | A. photos B. cartoons C. postcards D. paintings | 3. Tom"s parents _____. | A. feel very much shocked about the letters and refuse to answer them B. try to deal with the friendship naturally but refuse to do anything about it C. don"t take the matter very seriously D. don"t think this friendship will last long but somehow feel good | 4. Which would be the best title for the text? | A. A Boy"s Good Luck B. Tom"s Special Balloon C. A Story at Windsor Castle D. Four-year-old Boy Becomes the Queen"s Pen Pal | 完形填空。 | In 2004, I was 22 years old and had just come back to Brazil after 14 months in England, holding my Cambridge Proficiency certificate. After nervously 1 a short training course, I began to give classes to my 12 students, all of them older than I was. I 2 hard to remain clam in class and 3 they wouldn"t find out how unconfident I felt most of the time. I was quite 4 , actually, until the end of 5 and the night of the final oral test. The test was going to start at 7 pm, and at 6:50, I 16 myself in the teachers bathroom to 17 all the test questions again. I really wanted to learn the 18 by heart so no one would think I was an inexperienced tester. The 19 is, I actually locked myself in the bathroom. I 20 couldn"t get out! The bell rang at 7 pm and I could hear the noise in the halls 21 the students went to their rooms. I tried hard to 22 the bathroom door, but failed. I heard the cleaning lady"s voice and asked for help as 23 as I could. However, she wasn"t exactly a thoughtful person, and started 24 . "Diana"s locked in the bathroom!" Shame had fallen upon me! 25 , the course director, the secretary and some teachers were outside the bathroom trying to get me out, and, 26 , my students gathered outside too, happily saying things like "Aren"t we 27 ! No test today!" All I could do was 28 , and my entire 29 was waiting for me outside, naughty smiles on their faces." 30 ! Teacher." They said, "We know you are human too!" They all passed their test. True to the Brazilian style, we all went out for a beer afterwards, and laughed the whole thing off. | ( )1. A.holding ( )2. A. performed ( )3. A. thought ( )4. A. successful ( )5. A.the class ( )6. A.tidied ( )7. A.rewrite ( )8. A.questions ( )9. A.situation ( )10. A.probably ( )11. A.as ( )12. A.knock ( )13. A.quietly ( )14. A.scolding ( )15. A.At first ( )16. A.to my amazement ( )17. A.lucky ( )18. A.watch ( )19. A.class ( )20. A.Sorry | B. taking B. learned B. hoped B. fortunate B. the course B. washed B. answer B. instructions B. condition B. simply B. before B. kick B. hurriedly B. running B. Soon enough B. to my delight B. comfortable B. smile B. staff B. Congratulation | C. getting C. worked C. guessed C. happy C. the day C. locked C. go over C. answers C. trick C. sadly C. after C. open C. excitedly C. laughing C. In the end C. to my surprise C. anxious C. wait C. group C. Don"t be angry | D. giving D. tried D. realized D. satisfied D. the year D. reminded D. put forward D. steps D. problem D. nearly D. until D. push D. crazily D. shouting D. Right now D. to my horror D. regretful D. worry D. school D. Don"t worry | 完形填空。 | One night last summer, my neighbor Debbie came over and knocked on my door. "I"m leaving for 1 , Jim," she said. "Would you mind dropping by my house a bit and 2 on my mother?" "Not a problem," I said. I"d lived next door to Debbie and her 84-year-old 3 , Nan, for about six months, and we"d become fast friends. Debbie always worked at night. She 4 leaving her mom alone, so she asked if it was okay if she rigged up (装配) one of those baby monitors and 5 me a receiver. I was 6 to help. After all, I"ve been blind since infancy and out of work for years. In fact, at 54, I"d come to wonder if I had much 7 anymore. Like me, Nan was 8 -and was also hard of hearing. That evening Nan and I chatted for a bit 9 . "If you"re okay," I said, "I think I"ll go back." Before I 10 , I made sure the baby monitor was working. "Good night, Nan," I said. I 11 my cane and headed out of the door. "See you tomorrow," Nan called behind me. I locked the door and 12 my way home. Several minutes 13 , I heard a sound. It was Nan on the 14 . "Jim! Jim!" I heard over the monitor. "The house is 15 ! Help!" I went as 16 as I could to Debbie"s. I got to the front door. I could 17 a heavy, thick smoke. I put my hand on the doorknob, and reached for my key and 18 the door. "Here, Jim. Help!" Her voice was weak. "Let"s get out of here!" I shouted. Grabbing her hand, I started to move on. I tapped with my cane 19 we found the front door. We felt our way down the steps, 20 in the sweet, fresh summer air, and to the gate of her yard. "Thank you, Lord. We"re all safe." | ( )1. A.play ( )2. A.checking ( )3. A.father ( )4. A.thoughtabout ( )5. A.sold ( )6. A.sorry ( )7. A.value ( )8. A.deaf ( )9. A.long before ( )10. A.left ( )11. A.set up ( )12. A. moved ( )13. A.instead ( )14. A.neighbor ( )15. A.on fire ( )16. A. fast ( )17. A.see ( )18. A.unlocked ( )19. A.before ( )20. A.showing | B. study B. taking B. mother B. worried about B. bought B. sorrowful B. price B. old B. before long B. stayed B. put up B. pushed B. later B. receiver B. in trouble B. slowly B. feel B. shut B. after B. noticing | C. game C. putting C. sister C. cared for C. brought C. glad C. money C. wise C. once again C. talked C. picked up C. wound C. then C. worker C. in danger C. safely C. taste C. broke C. until C. losing | D. work D. keeping D. brother D. looked for D. gave D. upset D. service D. blind D. as usual D. chatted D. took up D. found D. ago D. speaker D. on sale D. well D. smell D. knocked D. since D. breathing |
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