Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she
could to help her three-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They found out that it was going
to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael 1 to his sister in Mommy"s tummy.
The pregnancy progressed 2 for Karen. Then the labor pains came. Every five minutes ... every
minute. But complications 3 during delivery. Finally, Michael"s little sister was born. But she was in
serious 4 With siren (警报)howling in the night, the ambulance 5 the infant to the Intensive Care unit
at St. Mary"s Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee.
6 inched by. The little girl got worse. The doctors told the parents, "There is very little hope. " Karen
and her husband contacted a local cemetery (墓地) about a burial plot. They had 7 a special room in
their home for the new baby - now they planned a funeral.
Week two in Intensive Care. It looked as if a funeral would come 8 the week was over. Michael,
kept begging his parents to let him see his sister, "I want to sing to her," he said. Kids were never 9 in
Intensive Care. But Karen made up her mind. She would take Michael 10 they liked it or not.
She 11 him in an oversized scrub suit and 12 him into ICU. He looked like a walking laundry
basket, but the head nurse 13 him as a child, "Get that kid out of here now! " The usually 14 lady
glared into the head nurse"s face, her lips a 15 line. "He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!" Karen
towed Michael to his sister"s bedside. He gazed at the tiny baby 16 the battle to live. And he began to
sing 17 the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray"
18 the baby girl responded. The pulse rate became 19 and steady.
Keep on singing, Michael. "You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don"t take my sunshine
away - " The breathing became as smooth as a kitten"s purr.
Keep on singing, Michael. "The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping,… |
( )1. A. talked
( )2. A. quietly
( )3. A. arose
( )4. A. situation
( )5. A. took
( )6. A. The years
( )7. A. fixed up
( )8. A. until
( )9. A. asked
( )10. A. no matter
( )11. A. put
( )12. A. marched
( )13. A. required
( )14. A. warm-hearted
( )15. A. firm
( )16. A. losing
( )17. A. in
( )18. A. Finally
( )19. A. calm
( )20. A. put off | B. sang
B. peacefully
B. raised
B. condition
B. sent
B. The months
B. made up
B. before
B. allowed
B. even if
B. dressed
B. forced
B. replied
B. well-managed
B. strong
B. lost
B. on
B. Instantly
B. quiet
B. put away | C. played
C. hopefully
C. rose
C. place
C. carried
C. The weeks
C. built up
C. after
C. admitted
C. whether
C. wore
C. hid
C. recognized
C. mild-mannered
C. hard
C. to lose
C. at
C. Patiently
C. slow
C. put up | D. whispered
D. normally
D. aroused
D. position
D. rushed
D. The days
D. set up
D. when
D. acquired
D. as if
D. fit
D. followed
D. regarded
D. cold-blooded
D. tough
D. having lost
D. with
D. Interestingly
D. fast
D. put down |
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| 阅读理解。 | I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise. At the end I said, "Son, remember:
Slow and steady wins the race. Don"t you think there"s something to learn from the tortoise?" He opened
his eyes wide. "Do you mean next time when I"m entering the 60-metre race I should wish Billy and Tony
and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?"
I was surprised. "But the tortoise didn"t wish the hare would fall asleep."
"He must have wished that," Sonny said, "Otherwise how could he be so stupid as to race with the
hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did."
"He didn"t have such a wish." I insisted. "He won the race by perseverance(毅力), by pushing on
steadily."
Sonny thought for a while. "That"s a lie," he said. "He won the race because he was lucky. If the hare
hadn"t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you
like, or a hundred times steadier, but he"d never have won the race! That"s for sure." | | 1. The writer argued with his son because _______. | A. he liked tortoises while his son liked hares
B. they disagreed about whether the tortoise was stupid
C. he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn"t
D. he tried to teach his son the moral lesson of the story but the son refused it | | 2. Sonny believed that the tortoise ________. | A. won the race by his effort
B. took a risk by agreeing to the race
C. was not given a fair chance in the race
D. in fact did not win the race | | 3. According to the passage, who do you think learned a lesson? | A. The tortoise.
B. The hare.
C. Sonny.
D. Sonny"s father. | | 完形填空。 | Mark Gibson is a former gymnastics coach who once worked with many excellent athletes. He often
tells a wonderful story about a 15-year-old 1 girl, Cindy, whose attitude brought out the best in
everyone.
Cindy wasn"t a great 2 , but when she was in the gym, everyone complained less, worked harder,
and, not 3 , achieved more. Cindy was such a powerful motivator 4 she could see nothing. When it was
her turn to do the vault (跳马), mother would also 5 alongside her, and tell her how close she was to the
vault. When her mom said, "Vault!", Cindy would reach out and jump, 6 her mother and herself.
Cindy loved the sport and kept 7 because she and her mom refused to be defeated by her 8 .
Mark called her the most 9 member of the team, not because of her 10 ability, but because of her
heart and because she 11 a standard of perseverance (坚持) and courage that inspired others to get
more out of themselves. Everyone who 12 her work hard to be the best 13 how much more they
could get out of themselves.
This is leadership---leadership by 14 . And we see this sort of leadership not only in 15 but also
in families and in the workplace. Often the most important members of the team are not the 16 , most
skilled, or most powerful. Instead, their 17 is in their attitude and their ability to inspire and 18 others
with their optimism, enthusiasm, and determination.
People who know how to get the best out of themselves get the best of others.
There"s no doubt that Cindy"s 19 has a great effect on her teammates. A person"s personality matters
most because it comes from within and does not depend on 20 alone. | ( )1. A. pretty
( )2. A. instructor
( )3. A. accidentally
( )4. A. because
( )5. A. jump
( )6. A. supporting
( )7. A. failing
( )8. A. mistake
( )9. A. important
( )10. A. organizational
( )11. A. showed
( )12. A. made
( )13. A. forgot
( )14. A. knowledge
( )15. A. exercises
( )16. A. smartest
( )17. A. use
( )18. A. persuade
( )19. A. character
( )20. A. opportunity | B. kind
B. worker
B. naturally
B. after
B. about
B. trusting
B. praying
B. coach
B. skilled
B. communicative
B. understood
B. watched
B. imagined
B. example
B. gymnasiums
B. richest
B. advantage
B. encourage
B. decision
B. appearance | C. blind
C. leader
C. gradually
C. that
C. appear
C. satisfying
C. dreaming
C. disability
C. popular
C. athletic
C. settled
C. helped
C. confirmed
C. reputation
C. sports
C. tallest
C. power
C. educate
C. existence
C. success | D. clever
D. gymnast
D. surprisingly
D. when
D. run
D. attracting
D. improving
D. laziness
D. powerful
D. musical
D. reached
D. heard
D. realized
D. experience
D. teams
D. oldest
D. technique
D. consider
D. achievement
D. environment | | 完形填空。 | Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he 1 his
small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive "school" fee. He
always 2 his success to it. At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree, 3 to return to the
homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the 4 made through years
of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the 5 customs check. The
watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for 6 . Glen knew that carrying the specific
goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying 7 for his watch. So when he was checked,
he told a lie that his watch was a 8 fake(假货). When he was 9 of his "smarts", immediately, in the
presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, 10 cost nearly 100,000, into pieces 11 hearing Glen"s
words. Glen was 12 . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined 13 . For
many times of entry-exit 14 he knew that only those people in the "blacklist" would "enjoy" this special
treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and 15 him no matter what time of
entry and exit he must accept the check and if 16 reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would
be 17 according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane
for long.
After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said
that this made a deep 18 on him, because the additional high "school" fee that he had ever paid made him
realize the value of 19 , which he would remember as the 20 of his success forever. | ( )1. A. set up
( )2. A. honors
( )3. A. decided
( )4. A. books
( )5. A. ordinary
( )6. A. look
( )7. A. one
( )8. A. priceless
( )9. A. afraid
( )10. A. that
( )11. A. on
( )12. A. disappointed
( )13. A. strictly
( )14. A. conditions
( )15. A. stopped
( )16. A. came out
( )17. A. hit
( )18. A. expression
( )19. A. honesty
( )20. A. secret | B. took up
B. mentions
B. refused
B. things
B. routine
B. inspection
B. it
B. invaluable
B. proud
B. what
B. at
B. delighted
B. quietly
B. experiences
B. hoped
B. found out
B. blamed
B. idea
B. lies
B. lesson | C. went up
C. brings
C. objected
C. savings
C. regular
C. test
C. them
C. worthless
C. ashamed
C. as
C. who
C. amazed
C. quickly
C. experiments
C. warned
C. sent out
C. praised
C. thought
C. honest
C. choice | D. picked up
D. owes
D. asked
D. pounds
D. common
D. experiment
D. these
D. valuable
D. hard
D. which
D. in
D. satisfied
D. curiously
D. chances
D. urged
D. set out
D. charged
D. impression
D. bravery
D. belief | | 完形填空。 | In 1982, I was a young marketing person in a company in Mumbai. I had a very senior colleague
named Paul, who taught me how to 1 marketing effectively and how to deal with life 2 .
It was one of those 3 days…management, sales calls, planning my travel schedule, booking hotels,
arranging appointments and the 4 was endless. By the end of the day, I was not only exhausted but was
getting 5 . It was at this time that Paul invited me to his house to have a rest.
We made our way to Paul"s house. Although 6 after a day"s hard work, I was excited to chat with
Paul and 7 his rich experience in marketing. As we entered his house 8 the main door, Paul started
singing his favourite song, I have a dream. I was in no 9 to listen to his song. I only wanted to hear about how he handled 10 sales calls.
As I leaned over Paul"s shoulder to tell him that, two young girls walked up to Paul and hugged him.
They couldn"t walk steadily, and neither could they talk 11 , but their faces were full of 12 and they
also sang a song: No mummy"s kisses only daddy"s smiles; nobody wants us, and daddy hugs us tonight.
I was watching what was going on, totally 13 in the beautiful singing, when Paul tapped me on the
shoulder and asked me to sit down. 14 to know, I asked Paul who these girls were. To my 15 , Paul
told me they were his daughters and they were born as " 16 children" (mentally disabled). His wife died
and he was both Mother and Father to them.
I was moved to tears. In the office, no one knew what Paul was 17 in his personal life. He never
looked for 18 from his friends and colleagues. On the contrary, he always helped us at the office. And
being head of the Department, he always 19 us to move forward in life.
Paul"s life has been a great 20 to me. If a man can smile through these troubles, nothing can prevent
him from achieving success in work or life. | ( )1. A. do
( )2. A. calmly
( )3. A. busy
( )4. A. call
( )5. A. disappointed
( )6. A. worried
( )7. A. share
( )8. A. for
( )9. A. condition
( )10. A. grateful
( )11. A. properly
( )12. A. fear
( )13. A. caught
( )14. A. Curious
( )15. A. disappointed
( )16. A. talented
( )17. A. coming across
( )18. A. sympathy
( )19. A. allowed
( )20. A. confusion | B. reduce
B. cheerfully
B. happy
B. event
B. excited
B. tired
B. celebrate
B. into
B. mood
B. expensive
B. freely
B. scars
B. lost
B. Keen
B. joy
B. naughty
B. going through
B. opinions
B. trained
B. challenge | C. learn
C. hurriedly
C. pleasant
C. list
C. refreshed
C. discouraged
C. collect
C. through
C. patience
C. unlucky
C. actively
C. smiles
C. stuck
C. Strange
C. relief
C. special
C. dealing with
C. requirement
C. forced
C. inspiration | D. handle
D. quickly
D. worrying
D. order
D. annoyed
D. ashamed
D. improve
D. with
D. situation
D. troublesome
D. slowly
D. tears
D. trapped
D. Stubborn
D. surprise
D. homeless
D. putting on
D. friendship
D. encouraged
D. impression | | 完形填空。 | There were two screws (螺丝钉) in an engine. One was proud of its 1 head. The second screw
was 2 , only doing its job to the best of its ability.
One day the second screw was a little rusted(生锈). Filled with 3 , the first screw said to the second,
"How 4 you have become!" Then it began to laugh so hard that it 5 to notice that it was working
itself loose. Finally it dropped off the 6 and fell into the dirty oil below.
Now, the second was faced with doing the 7 of two. Meanwhile the first screw cried, "Just look at me ! I"m dirty and all my 8 is gone."
A short time later the owner of the engine 9 it up. He immediately noticed something didn"t sound
right . When he 10 , he immediately saw one screw was missing. "Ah ha!" the owner said, "it must have
worked itself loose and fell onto the oil."
He 11 into the oil and found the missing screw. "Look at you," the owner said. "you"re all 12 with
oil. How ugly you are! But I"ll 13 that right away." He reached for a rag and 14 all the oil and dirt off
until it shone even brighter than before. Then he 15 it on the part. Before he turned away, he noticed the
second screw was a little rusted. With the 16 , he wiped the head clean and bright. Then he walked
away.
Finally the engine was started. The two screws, now 17 beautiful, held the part tight. " 18 me , my
friend ," the first screw said, "I was so busy 19 you that I didn"t notice that I was working myself loose. I
shall no longer 20 others." | ( )1. A. big
( )2. A. shy
( )3. A. pride
( )4. A. small
( )5. A. prepared
( )6. A. ground
( )7. A. work
( )8. A. wealth
( )9. A. finished
( )10. A. drove
( )11. A. walked
( )12. A. covered
( )13. A. create
( )14. A. knocked
( )15. A. took
( )16. A. key
( )17. A. probably
( )18. A. Help
( )19. A. waiting for
( )20. A. judge | B. cool
B. quiet
B. pleassure
B. weak
B. refused
B. engine
B. lesson
B. beauty
B. put
B. returned
B. reached
B. filled
B. move
B. turned
B. put
B. oil
B. nearly
B. Excuse
B. listening to
B. invite | C. nodding
C. happy
C. interest
C. ugly
C. happened
C. seat
C. problem
C. voice
C. started
C. repaired
C. jumped
C. connected
C. fix
C. blew
C. planted
C. rag
C. different
C. Save
C. laughing at
C. treat | D. shining
D. brave
D. hope
D. selfish
D. failed
D. wall
D. travel
D. dream
D. broke
D. checked
D. looked
D. compared
D. carry
D. wiped
D. sent
D. tool
D. equally
D. Accept
D. speaking to
D. expect |
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