often___1___that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so___2___ with the
city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend,when Terry and his wife were
busily __3___ in tidying up their new home, the light suddenly ___4___. Terry was regretful to have
forgotten bringing along ___5___ and had to wait __6__ in a low mood. Just then he heard light and
hesitant __7__ on his door that were clear in the ___8___night.
"Who" s it?" he wondered. Terry had no __9___ in the new city, and this was the moment he especially
hated to be __10___. So he went to the door and opened it __11___ . At the door was a little girl, shyly
asking, " Sir, do you have candles? I"m your neighbor. " " No, " answered Terry in anger and shut the
door__12___ . " What a nuisance(讨厌) ! " he complained over it with his wife. " No sooner had we
settled down than the neighbor came to___13____ things. "
After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside___14____this
time she was___15____ two candles, saying, " My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might
need candles. She ___16____ me here to give you these. " Terry
was ___17____ dumb by what he saw.
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his __18___ in life. It was his ___19____ and
harshness with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was __20___ nobody else but
himself, for his eyes had been blurred(蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic mind.
( )1 .A. complaining ( )2. A. inspired ( )3. A. abandoned ( )4. A. went on ( )5 .A. candles ( )6. A. happily ( )7. A. steps ( )8. A. dark ( )9. A. acquaintances ( )10. A. offered ( )11. A. cheerfully ( )12. A. gently ( )13. A. lend ( )14. A. And ( )15. A. holding ( )16. A. suggested ( )17. A. frightened ( )18. A. failure ( )19. A. warmth ( )20. A. doubtfully | B. reflecting B. disappointed B. wasted B. went down B. matches B. patiently B. words B. quiet B. enemies B. disturbed B. intently B. deliberately B. sell B. But B. hiding B. forbad B. disturbed B. success B. coldness B. hardly | C. praying C. thrilled C. absorbed C. went out C. lights C. willingly C. knocks C. noisy C. neighbors C. embarrassed C. impatiently C. slightly C. purchase C. So C. fetching C. sent C. confused C. complaint C. kindness C. actually | D. pretending D. encouraged D. occupied D. went through D. flashlights D. helplessly D. screams D. crowded D. bosses D. panicked D. relevantly D. abruptly D. borrow D. For D. seeking D. forced D. struck D. determination D. sympathy D. specifically | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Twenty-six years after a terrible bicycle accident left her comatose (昏迷) for two months and with permanent brain injuries ,Barbara Buchan, performs many actions more slowly than others. But on September 10 in Beijing , Buchan , at 52 , the oldest member of the United States Paralympic team, broke the record and won the gold medal for her disability class in the individual 3 , 000-meter cycling pursuit. " You can be very upset and have everyone take care of you , " Buchan said by telephone from Beijing, " or get back on your feet again." Buchan first dreamed of Olympic gold at 15 while watching the 1972 Munich Cames. She became a top American cyclist by July 1982,when a terrible road-race crash injured her brain and left doctors doubtful about whether she would survive. She was wearing only a soft leather helmet at the time : her accident made the rule put into practice that cyclists wear the hard shell helmets that are now common. Buchan recovered enough of her athletic ability to run track in the 1988 Paralympics in Seoul,where she won a silver medal in the 800 meters. Women"s cycling was not included in the Paralympics yet. So Buchan trained to the point where she raced against men in the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney, Australia-she finished 9th and 10th in two races-and then successfully fought for a separate women"s cycling program beginning in 2004 in Athens,where she did not get a medal. Even though she was approaching her 50s, Buchan kept racing and again made the United States Paralympic team for Beijing-where she is twice the age of most of her teammates and competitors. " Barbara"s almost the leader of our team-she"s been through it all," said Craig Griffin, the United States cycling coach. " She"s never retired. She"s never let her body go and then come back. I don"t think age is as big of a deal as people make it out to be. " | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1. According to the text , after the accident,___________. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A. Buchan asked her friends to take care of her B. cyclists started to wear helmets in competition C. Buchan could not answer questions correctly D. doctors doubted whether Buchan could come back to life | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22. What"s the right order of the events related to Buchan? a. She won a gold medal in Beijing. b. She became a top American cyclist. c. She won a silver medal in the 800 meters. d. She suffered a terrible bicycle accident. e. She took part in a cycling program in Athens. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A. c,d,b,a,e | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3. What does the underlined phrase " get back on your feet" in the second paragraph mean? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A. Rise to your feet. B. Walk on your way. C. Go beyond yourself. D. Depend on yourself. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A. The Making of a Hero B. From a Loser to a Winner C. All Roads Lead to Rome D. Health Is Better than Wealth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I could__1__ tough subjects and really Iearn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he__2_ in class. When l took the first exam ,I was __3__ to find a 77 , C-plus , on my test paper, __4__ Fnglish was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne , who listened to my arguments but remained __5__ . I decided to try harder,although I didn"t know what that __6__ because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully,but got another 77. Again,I__7__ with Professor Jayne. Again , he listened patiently but wouldn"t change his __8__. One more test before the final exam. One more__9__ to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and ,for the first time,__10__the meaning of the word" thorough". But my_11_did no good and everything _12__as before. The last hurdLe (障碍) was the final. No matter what _13_ got,it wouldn"t cancel three C-pluses. I might as well kiss the _14_ goodbye. I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final , I even _15_ myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I"d have __16_ with a test. A week later,l was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into Professor Jayne"s office. He _17_ to be expecting me. " If I gave you the As you__18_,you wouldn"t continue to work as hard. " I stared at him._19_ that his analysis and strategy (策略)were correct. I had worked my head _20 , as I had never done before I was speechless when my course grade arrived : A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I"ve always remembered Professor Jayne"s lesson : you alone must set your own standard of excellence. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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