As we all know, some people get thirsty not for water. They are thirsty to ____a

As we all know, some people get thirsty not for water. They are thirsty to ____a

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As we all know, some people get thirsty not for water. They are thirsty to ____a dream or to make something different. I think it is those people who are eager for ____ with an unquenchable (不能磨灭的) thirst who, ____, are likely to be most satisfied with their lives.
Author Napoleon Hill said, “____ is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, ____ a strong desire which transcends (超越) everything.” He is really ____ a deep thirst.
Alan C. Elliott tells in his book A Daily Does of the American Dream about a five-year study that was undertaken to ____ what made some people extraordinarily successful. The study consisted of detailed research into the ____ of 120 of the nation’s top artists, athletes, and scholars.
He reports that the researcher was ____ to find that natural abilities played only a small part in the ____ of those individuals. But research found that they ____ a powerful thirst to succeed. They practiced the piano four hours every day, ___ well before school in the morning to practice swimming or running, or spent much time ____ (time they could have spent hanging out with friends) working on science projects or painting.
Parental support was also a key factor. ____ of these extraordinarily thirsty young people helped out, ____ their children to great ideas and influential persons. Many sacrificed to ensure that their children received ____training. But in the end, it was their children’s ____ that made the difference.
The principle ____ adults, too. If you want to be more successful, the question you might first ask yourself is, “How thirsty am I?” Your ____ in any field you choose, anything you want to be or anything you want to do will ____ your answer to that simple question.
小题1:
A.searchB.realizeC.understandD.enter
小题2:
A.anythingB.everythingC.nothingD.something
小题3:
A.in the endB.for exampleC.by the wayD.on the contrary
小题4:
A.DeterminationB.CourageC.Desire D.Convince
小题5:
A.butB.soC.orD.and
小题6:
A.building upB.suffering fromC.looking forD.talking about
小题7:
A.predictB.discover C.wonderD.question
小题8:
A.tasksB.jobsC.livesD.games
小题9:
A.surprisedB.satisfiedC.frightenedD.disappointed
小题10:
A.failureB.historyC.procedureD.development
小题11:
A.abandonedB.possessed C.offeredD.required
小题12:
A.stoodB.stayedC.roseD.fell
小题13:
A.aloneB.awakeC.aliveD.alike
小题14:
A.TeachersB.ManagersC.FriendsD.Parents
小题15:
A.passingB.exposingC.devotingD.throwing
小题16:
A.ordinaryB.cruelC.goodD.physical
小题17:
A.thirstB.angerC.worryD.fortune
小题18:
A.stands forB.turns to C.goes againstD.applies to
小题19:
A.successB.lossC.salaryD.result
小题20:
A.carry onB.insist onC.depend onD.bring on

答案

小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:B
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:A
小题20:C
解析

试题分析:文章介绍了强烈的渴望在成功中起着重要的作用,在对120个国家的顶尖的艺术家,运动员和专家的生活调查中,研究人员发现,父母对孩子的成功起着一定的作用,但是,最终还是孩子的渴望最重要。
小题1:考查动词:A. search寻找,B. realize意识到,实现,C. understand理解,D. enter进入,有些人渴望实现梦想或做不同的事情,选B
小题2:考查不定代词:A. anything任何事情,B. everything每件事情,C. nothing没有什么D. something某些事,就是这些人有着不可磨灭的渴望想做一些事情,选D
小题3:考查词组:A. in the end最后,B. for example例如,C. by the way顺便说一下,D. on the contrary正相反,就是这些人最后最可能对自己的人生满意了,选A
小题4:考查名词:A. Determination决心,B. Courage勇气,C. Desire愿望,D. Convince使…相信,从第一段的内容,可知人的渴望是成就的起点,下文的__40__ a strong desire which transcends (超越) everything.” He is really __41__ a deep thirst.也可以得出答案,选C
小题5:考查固定结构:A. but但是,B. so因此,C. or或者,D. and并且,不是希望,也不是愿望,而是超越一切的渴望。使用not…but…结构,选A
小题6:考查词组:A. building up建立,增强,B. suffering from受…罪,C. looking for寻找,D. talking about谈论,从前面的Author Napoleon Hill said,可知他谈论的是深深的渴望,选D
小题7:考查动词:A. predict预测,B. discover发现,C. wonder想知道,D. question询问,因为主语是a five-year study,所以是五年的调查发现…,选B
小题8:考查名词:A. tasks任务,B. jobs工作,C. lives生活,D. games游戏,这个研究是由对120个国家的顶尖的艺术家,运动员和专家的生活调查组成的,选C
小题9:考查形容词:A. surprised感到惊讶的,B. satisfied满足的,C. frightened害怕的,D. disappointed失望的,他报告说研究人员发现天生的能力在这些人的发展方面起着很少的作用,选A
小题10:考查名词:A. failure失败,B. history历史,C. procedure程序,D. development发展,研究人员发现天生的能力在这些人的发展方面起着很少的作用,选D
小题11:考查动词:A. abandoned放弃,B. possessed拥有,C. offered提供,D. required要求,研究人员也发现他们拥有特别强大的成功的渴望,选B
小题12:考查动词:A. stood站,B. stayed留下,C. rose上升,上涨,D. fell落下,从后面的内容before school in the morning to practice swimming or running,可知他们早上会早起练习游泳或跑步,选C
小题13:考查形容词:A. alone单独的,B. awake清醒的,C. alive活着的,D. alike相像的,从后面的time they could have spent hanging out with friends可知他们不会去和朋友闲逛,而是单独进行科学项目或绘画,选A
小题14:考查名词:A. Teachers老师,B. Managers经理,C. Friends 朋友,D. Parents父母,从前面的Parental support was also a key factor.可知这些有着强烈渴望的年轻人的父母也有帮助,选D
小题15:考查动词:A. passing通过,B. exposing暴露,C. devoting投入,奉献,D. throwing扔,使他们的孩子接触到伟大的思想和有影响的人,选B
小题16:考查形容词:A. ordinary普通的,B. cruel残忍的,C. good好的,D. physical身体的,很多父母为了让孩子得到好的训练做出牺牲,选C
小题17:考查名词:A. thirst渴,B. anger生气,C. worry担心,D. fortune幸运的,从前面的句子:But research found that they __46__ a powerful thirst to succeed.可知最后产生影响的是孩子的渴望,选A
小题18:考查词组:A. stands for代表,B. turns to 求助于,C. goes against违背,D. applies to应用,适用于,这个原则也适用于成年人,选D
小题19:考查名词:A. success成功,B. loss损失,C. salary薪水,D. result结果,从前面的句子:If you want to be more successful, the question you might first ask yourself is,可知选A
小题20:考查词组:A. carry on进行,继续,B. insist on坚持,C. depend on依赖,D. bring on引起 ,你在选择的领域的成功和你想做的事情都取决于你对这个简单问题的回答。选C
举一反三
Pete Rose was a great baseball player. Though I have never met him, he taught me something    that changed my life.
  Pete was being    in spring training the year he was about to break Ty Cobb"s all-time hits record. Suddenly one reporter asked him, "Pete, you only need 78 hits to reach your nearest   . How many at-bats(击球)do you think it"ll take you to get the 78 hits?" Without hesitation, Pete just   at the reporter and said,"78." The reporter yelled back, "Ah, come on, Pete, you don"t think you"ll get 78 hits in 78 at-bats, do you?"
  Mr. Rose calmly   his philosophy(哲理,观点) with the reporters who were   waiting for his reply to the claim. "Every time I   up to the plate(击球区),I    to get a hit!   I have it in mind,I have no right to step into the batter"s(击球手)box! It is    expectation that has enabled me to get all of the hits in the first place."
  When I thought about Pete Rose"s     and how it applied to everyday  ,I felt a little embarrassed. As a business person,I was hoping to increase my   . As a father,l was hoping to be a good dad. As a married man,I was hoping to be a good husband. The truth was that I was a fairly good salesperson,I was not so    a father,and I was an okay husband. I immediately decided that being okay was not   ! I wanted to be a great salesperson,a great father and a great husband. I   my attitude to a positive one,and the results were   .I was fortunate enough to win a few sales trips,I won Coach of the Year in my     baseball league,and I share a loving relationship with my wife,Karen,with whom I am     to enjoy the rest of my life!
    ,Mr. Rose!
小题1:
A.reliableB.enjoyableC.valuableD.unbelievable
小题2:
A.admiredB.interviewedC.watchedD.trained
小题3:
A.decisionB.recordC.levelD.goal
小题4:
A.staredB.shoutedC.glaredD.pointed
小题5:
A.enjoyedB.sharedC.discussedD.reviewed
小题6:
A.anxiouslyB.nervouslyC.cheerfullyD.impatiently
小题7:
A.climb     B.jumpC.driveD.step
小题8:
A.seemB.fail       C.expect     D.compete
小题9:
A.ThoughB.UnlessC.BecauseD.When
小题10:
A.suddenB.simpleC.positiveD.considerate
小题11:
A.planB.ideaC.abilityD.behaviour
小题12:
A.agendaB.exerciseC.workD.life
小题13:
A.salesB.skillsC.experiencesD.experiments
小题14:
A.wiseB.kindC.meanD.bad
小题15:
A.explicitB.helpfulC.enoughD.practical
小题16:
A.changedB.addedC.devotedD.contributed
小题17:
A.hopefulB.amazingC.funnyD.disappointing
小题18:
A.son"sB.wife"sC.friend"s   D.customer"s
小题19:
A.supposedB.expectedC.encouragedD.determined
小题20:
A.Good luckB.Best regardsC.ThanksD.Congratulations

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Being on the road at 3:15 a. m. to drive 450 kms wasn’t in my plans for the weekend. I had been looking forward to a couple of  ____ days to prepare myself for the following busy  ___ .
My son, Simon, and his good friends were heading for the ___ . Due to the last- minute issue with transportation, I __  my car to ensure that everyone could get to the   point so that they could get together and enjoy their week’s ____ by snowboarding and skiing.
The only thing that  ____ to me on my journey was that no sooner had I ____ and said goodbye than I would make the trip ____,in total, a round trip of 900 kms in just 10 hours. Such a long drive in one day was frightening, __  as I was looking forward to relaxation
Simon and I ___,on our way,a little about his break and a whole lot of his school subjects. It was great to have this time with him as we ____ spent five continuous hours together,other than when we played Saturday cricket (板球).
On my return trip, I ____a strange sense of loneliness in some heavy morning ____. Within an hour it ____. I spent the next four hours listening to some CDs and enjoying the scenery. Surprisingly, after my long trip home I was    refreshed and energized even though I was physically exhausted. And I knew that I would have a(n) ____ sleep that evening.
A change ____ your environment, no matter how great, can provide you with the opportunity to _ something from different angles, as well as to be refreshed and energized
Now I’m looking forward to my next     event and many more opportunities to spend quality time with those who are important to me and make my life more rewarding.
小题1:
A.surprisingB.excitingC.movingD.relaxing
小题2:
A.hourB.weekC.dayD.month
小题3:
A.hotelB.beachC.snowfieldD.school
小题4:
A. fueledB.offeredC.parkedD.lent
小题5:
A.drop-offB.kick-offC.get-offD.take-off
小题6:
A.freedomB.breakC.adventureD.excitement
小题7:
A.occurredB.happenedC.appearedD.appealed
小题8:
A.restedB.startedC.arrivedD.left
小题9:
A.backB.forwardC.outD.away
小题10:
A.evenB.justC.particularlyD.mostly
小题11:
A.talkedB.quarreledC.complainedD.argued
小题12:
A.constantlyB.rarelyC.frequentlyD.usually
小题13:
A.developedB.showedC.lostD.kept
小题14:
A.smokeB.dustC.fogD.snow
小题15:
A.turnedB.shoneC.frozeD.cleared
小题16:
A.greatlyB.mentallyC.immediatelyD.completely
小题17:
A.soundB.uneasyC.uncomfortableD.light
小题18:
A.aboutB.fromC.inD.for
小题19:
A.give upB.look atC.find outD.carry on
小题20:
A.plannedB.discussedC.preparedD.unexpected

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I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked up at me and said, “I __ you.” I did not ___ what to say, and I just stood there, looking ____ at him. My first ____ was that he _____need help with his homework. Then I asked, “What was that all  ___?”
“Nothing,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents we love them and ____ what they say.”
The next day I called his teacher to __ more about what my son said and how the other parents had reacted( 反应 ). “Most of the fathers had the ___ response as you did,” the teacher said, ”When I first _____  that we try this, I asked the children ____ they thought their parents ____ say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.”
Then the teacher ____ , “ I want my students to know that feeling love is an important part of _____. I’m trying to tell them it’s too bad that we don’t express (表达) our feelings. A boy _____ tell his father or mother he loves him or her.” The teacher understands that sometimes it is_____ for some of us to say something that is good for us to say.
That evening when my son___ to me, I took him in my arms and held ___ for a longer moment, saying, “Hey, I love you,  ____.” I don’t know if saying that made ____ of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good.
小题1:
A.hateB.loveC.likeD.enjoy
小题2:
A.realizeB.recognizeC.know D.find
小题3:
A.awayB.forC.downD.on
小题4:
A.thoughtB.meaningC.newsD.reason
小题5:
A.mustB.shouldC.couldD.would
小题6:
A.forB.withC.aroundD.about
小题7:
A.testB.knowC.understandD.see
小题8:
A.talk toB.chat withC.find outD.do with
小题9:
A.sameB.differentC.usualD.unusual
小题10:
A.allowedB.agreedC.plannedD.suggested
小题11:
A.howB.whetherC.whenD.what
小题12:
A.wouldB.willC.couldD.can
小题13:
A.explainedB.preparedC.informedD.developed
小题14:
A.studyB.workC.healthD.body
小题15:
A.mightB.canC.shouldD.need
小题16:
A.easyB.difficultC.crazy D.silly
小题17:
A.turnedB.shoutedC.wentD.came
小题18:
A.onB.toC.inD.out
小题19:
A.eitherB.tooC.alsoD.again
小题20:
A.allB.eitherC.noneD.neither

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A man and his girlfriend got married. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal, “I read in a magazine about how we can   our marriage. Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit   with the other. Then, we can talk about how we can   them together and make our lives happier together.”
The husband   . So each of them went to a(n)   room and thought about the things that annoyed them about the other for the rest of the day.
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their   .
“ I’ll start,” offered the wife. She   her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill 3 pages. After the wife had read all three pages to her husband,     the husband seated, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the   that you are. I don’t want you to   anything for me.”
The wife, touched by his honesty by his depth of his love for her and his   of her, turned her head and wept.
In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go     for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time seeking the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the wonderful things before us?
小题1:
A.enrichB.strengthenC.lengthenD.deepen
小题2:
A.annoyingB.surprisingC.satisfyingD.inspiring
小题3:
A.fixB.doC.findD.set
小题4:
A.smiledB.refusedC.agreedD.hesitated
小题5:
A.spareB.separateC.emptyD.special
小题6:
A.dishesB.magazinesC.livesD.lists
小题7:
A.put awayB.handed inC.took outD.wrote down
小题8:
A.disappointedlyB.unluckily C.bitterly D.quietly
小题9:
A.appearanceB.wayC.situationD.position
小题10:
A.changeB.acceptC.decideD.drop
小题11:
A.adviceB.warningC.acceptanceD.pride
小题12:
A.leavingB.waitingC.askingD.looking

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Bugs Bunny’s Hoping Carrot Hunt
In this game you are Bugs Bunny. And your goal is to reach the finish line. A carrot truck has spilled its loads! Gather as many carrots as you can, and when you get the big carrot, you’ll be able to jump even higher!
Instructions: Use the mouse to move Bugs left and right, and click to jump a gap while gathering carrots.
Category: Action
Mushroom Madness
You are in charge of protecting several farms. It’s up to you to make sure the mushrooms there reach maturity before the animals in the forest get their hands on them. Use your swatter(苍蝇拍) to fight off anything that comes near them; use heavier weapons if necessary.
Instructions: Slap any creature that comes near your mushrooms. Use the mouse to control the swatter. If you see a “power up”, click to use it. Collect coins to buy upgrades after each level.
Category: Action
Rudolph’s Kick and Fly
Santa’s little helpers have worked all year preparing for Christmas. When Santa finally leaves to deliver his presents, the elves head down to the snowfields with Rudolph, the reindeer, to play their favorite game: Kick and Fly!
Instructions:
1. Use the mouse to aim, and click to launch an elf.
2. While in the air, click again to catch, and to gain extra height.
3. The goal is to collect as many Christmas decorations as possible, and get 10 points for each one.
Tips: If you’re heading towards an obstacle, be sure to avoid it!
Category: Action
Click Flick
Your mission is to save chicks falling from the sky. Use your trampoline(蹦床) to bounce them up and direct them into a nest. But hurry—if you don’t, many chicks will fall and lose their lives. There will be falling bombs, worms, nuts and eggs and you can get extra points by collecting the worms and nuts. Save the amount of chicks shown to unlock the next level!
Instructions: Move the chicks left and right using keys or the mouse.
Category: Adventure
小题1:If a player wants to become stronger to drive animals away, he should try to _____.
A.find a “power up” or use heavier weapons
B.collect falling bombs as quickly as possible
C.click the elf while it’s in the air
D.get the big carrot while running
小题2:If a player has collected some worms and nuts, he _____.
A.is playing Mushroom Madness
B.will lose the game quite soon
C.will get 10 points for each one
D.will get extra points and get ahead
小题3:Which of the following statements about the games is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Bugs Bunny needs to be fast to win the game.
B.All four games are in the same category.
C.Players can only use the mouse to control the targets.
D.The number of elves decides whether a player wins.
小题4:In which game are there obstacles you must avoid?
A.Bugs Bunny’s Hopping Carrot Hunt.B.Mushroom Madness.
C.Rudolph’s Kick and Fly.D.Click Flick.

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