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A morning rarely began so perfect. I took in the fresh air and felt my heart run into an enthusiastic rhythm. Though cool, the sun warmed my back as it rose over the horse from not far from my house. The slightest wind danced on my skin. Just enough to keep a runner form overheating. My ever-faithful jogging partner, a black dog named Nika pulled my leg with her mouth, mirroring my eagerness to start our run.
We raced forward with determination, ready to leap tall buildings and race against speeding trains. We pushed harder and ran faster, demonstration our skill and impressing passing motorists and neighbors.
We kept on running until we hit the Beast, a name for a very difficult, nearly two-mile long steep climb.
Only a few paces into the Beast, I gasped for air. Far short of superhero status, my enthusiasm and active steps were lost somewhere at the base of the hill. A vision of the newspaper and a cup of coffee waiting in my kitchen appeared, attracting me to turn back toward home.
With a glance I noticed Nika wasn’t doing any better. She continued to faithfully follow me, putting one paw in front of the other, but without her former eagerness. Her tiredness touched me. And in that moment, I felt a sudden spark of renewed determination to press on. I couldn’t allow this mountain to get the better of us. To improve both our spirits, I managed to shout, “Good girl, Nika! Keep going…you can do it!”
“I’m encouraging a dog, for heaven’s sake!’’ I needed to pull myself together. With a few simple words, I changed our course. One moment we were on the edge of quitting. The next, our feet picked up the pace and we continued. Though tired and discouraged myself, with a few kind words I impacted a dog’s ability to go further. I’m sure I could have completed the opposite with ill-chosen comments and an unpleasant tone. Instead, the Beast was defeated and we flew like heroes the rest of the way home.
Life is full of beasts to conquer. For some, it is the seemingly impossible climb of cancer. For others, their beast takes the shape of parenting a child or a teenager. Uphill climbs come in all shapes and sizes, common only in their ability to defeat, discourage and tempt tired travelers to quit. Sometimes all that’s needed is a few spoken, well-timed words of encouragement from a fellow runner – someone who sees the struggle, dares to jogs alongside, and cares enough to say, “Keep going! You can do it! You’re not alone. I believe in you!”
小题1: The writer starts the text by describing________.
A.the beautiful scene of the morning
B.his or her preparations for a jogging
C.a lively dog named Nika
D.the growth of crops at the farm
小题2: The writer mentioned the newspaper and coffee to suggest that he or she _______.
A.liked reading newspapers while drinking coffee
B.had an intention to give up running
C.would treat himself or herself to coffee after running
D.might appear on the newspaper for the long running
小题3: The writer decided to continue running _______.
A.after he or she found the dog was still energetic
B.because they came near the top of the hill
C.when he or she noticed the tired dog
D.before they arrived at the bottom of the hill
小题4: What does the writer expect to show by telling the story?
A.Words are powerful than deeds.
B.Beasts in life aren’t easily to conquer.
C.Dogs are the best friend of humans.
D.Try it one more time before giving up.

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小题1:A小题1:B小题1:C小题1:D
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完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day in summer I stepped into a tiny coffee shop to drink a cup of black coffee. As I entered, I found a very old woman bent   小题1:  a table near the door. Her back was so   小题2:twisted(弯曲) by some sadness that her face nearly 小题3: the table-top. I sat down facing her two tables away.
"Poor woman," I thought. "What does she  小题4: life? Why does God let people live so 小题5: past their prime(黄金时期)?"
As I thought,   小题6:  aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about    小题7: . They talked of how little the shop had  小题8:  in 70 years... In minutes the two of them were   小题9:  with laughter.
I looked again at the   小题10: woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall,   小题11: a picture of  myself.
I was wearing a dirty shirt. She was well dressed in white, gold rings on her fingers.
I was in   小题12:  spirits. She was laughing, smiling.
I was putting the  小题13:   of my life together. She had millions of wonderful   小题14:  to recall.
She was   小题15:   the day with a good friend. I was   小题16:  worried about getting old. She was old but it wasn"t  小题17: her.
As I left the shop, I thought of my   小题18:  questions about God letting people live past their prime. Why, that woman was more  小题19:  and more sensitive than I was.   小题20:  has not bent her spirit. But I am always filling my mind with something unpleasant.
小题21:
A.to B.on C.over D.toward
小题22:
A.heavily B.badly C.slightly D.hardly
小题23:
A.struckB.reached C.stuckD.touched
小题24:
A.get out ofB.get off C.get away withD.get into
小题25:
A.hardB.long C.slowlyD.rapidly
小题26:
A.otherB.the very C.anotherD.a certain
小题27:
A.bright futureB.recent history C.the present dayD.childhood days
小题28:
A.changedB.improved C.rebuiltD.developed
小题29:
A.jumpingB.trembling C.burningD.running
小题30:
A.olderB.poor C.firstD.younger
小题31:
A.watchingB.taking C.searchingD.catching
小题32:
A.highB.low C.goodD.sad
小题33:
A.dreamsB.pages C.piecesD.hopes
小题34:
A.affairsB.sufferings C.incidentsD.memories
小题35:
A.spending B.enjoying C.sharingD.wasting
小题36:
A.certainlyB.completely C.naturallyD.secretly
小题37:
A.hurting B.choking C.defeating D.beating
小题38:
A.funnyB.foolish C.seriousD.curious
小题39:
A.aliveB.strong C.usefulD.powerful
小题40:
A.WealthB.LifeC.TimeD.Age

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阅读理解(共14小题;每小题2分,满分28分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的(A、B、C和D)四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。
A
I was in a terrible mood. Two of my friends had gone to the movies the night before and hadn’t invited me. I was in my room thinking of ways to make them sorry when my father came in. “Want to go for a ride, today, Beck? It’s a beautiful day.”
“No! Leave me alone!” Those were the last words I said to him that morning.
My friends called and invited me to go to the mall with them a few hours later. I forgot to be mad at them and when I came home to find a note on the table. My mother put it where I would be sure to see it. “Dad has had an accident. Please meet us at Highland Park Hospital”.
When I reached the hospital, my mother came out and told me my father’s injuries were extensive. “Your father told the driver to leave him alone and just call 911, thank God! If he had moved Daddy, there’s no telling what might have happened. A broken rib(肋骨)might have pierced(穿透)a lung...”
My mother may have said more, but I didn’t hear. I didn’t hear anything except those terrible words: Leave me alone. My dad said them to save himself from being hurt more. How much had I hurt him when I hurled those words at him earlier in the day?
It was several days later that he was finally able to have a conversation. I held his hand gently, afraid of hurting him.
“Daddy… I am so sorry…”
“It’s okay, sweetheart. I’ll be okay. ”
“No,” I said, “I mean about what I said to you that day. You know, that morning?”
My father could no more tell a lie than he could fly. He looked at me and said. “Sweetheart, I don’t remember anything about that day, not before, during or after the accident. I remember kissing you goodnight the night before, though. ”He managed a weak smile.
My English teacher once told me that words have immeasurable power. They can hurt or they can heal. And we all have the power to choose our words. I intend to do that very carefully from now on.
小题1: The author was in bad mood that morning because _______.
A.his father had a terrible accident
B.he couldn’t drive to the mall with his friends
C.his friends hadn’t invited him to the cinema
D.his father didn’t allow him to go out with his friends
小题2:Why did the author say sorry to his father in the hospital?
A.Because he didn’t go along with his father.
B.Because he was rude to his father that morning.
C. Because he failed to come earlier after the accident.
D.Because he couldn’t look after his father in the hospital.
小题3: The reason why the author’s father said he forgot everything about that day is that _______.
A.he had a poor memoryB.he didn’t hear what his son said
C.he just wanted to comfort his sonD.he lost his memory after the accident
小题4: What lesson did Beck learn from the matter?
A.Don’t treat your parents badly.
B.Don’t hurt others with rude words.
C.Don’t move the injured in an accident.
D.Don’t be angry with friends at small things.

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完型填空(共20 小题;每小题1.5分;满分30分)
阅读下面短文,然后从下列各题所给的A、 B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects (缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things   36 !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe   37 .
These comments may come from stories about us that have been   38  for years—often from   39  childhood. These stories may have no   40  in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical (操作机械的) skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations   41  my development? I was never   42  to work on cars or be around   43 . When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!
Six years later,   44 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. On the positive side, I   45   down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the   46  side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”
Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life   47  and told him about my   48  performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “  49  is it that you can solve   50  mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”
Suddenly I realized that I didn’t   51  from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to   52 . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been   53  my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true.   54  , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost   55  we choose.
小题1:
A.away B.down C.up D.off
小题2:
A.yourself B.myselfC.them D.others
小题3:
A.saidB.repeated C.spreadD.spoken
小题4:
A.as long asB.as much as C.as well asD.as far back as
小题5:
A.cause B.plotC.basis D.meaning
小题6:
A.affect B.improveC.lead D.change
小题7:
A.hopedB.demandedC.encouraged D.agreed
小题8:
A.meansB.hammersC.facilities D.tools
小题9:
A.thereforeB.howeverC.insteadD.somehow
小题10:
A.tookB.turnedC.settled D.got
小题11:
A.negative B.activeC.passive D.subjective
小题12:
A.roadsB.tripsC.experiences D.paths
小题13:
A.unexpectedB.average C.excellentD.poor
小题14:
A.WhenB.WhyC.How D.What
小题15:
A.common B.advancedC.complexD.primary
小题16:
A.sufferB.separateC.arise D.come
小题17:
A.adoptB.suspectC.believeD.receive
小题18:
A.weakeningB.acceptingC.abandoningD.strengthening
小题19:
A.As a resultB.On the contrary
C.In additionD.At the same time
小题20:
A.nothingB.somethingC.anythingD.all

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完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从下列各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was a cold winter’s night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had a slight   36 .
I worked in a   37  doctor’s office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run   38  than usual. It seemed I was going to be late   39  home and my husband, being the   40  person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe   41  I hurried, I could still make it home.
I was heading inside to   42  for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them asking for   43  to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just   44  a few minutes ago.
The young man at the counter was trying to be   45  in explaining how to get there, with two other people making   46 . One of them was   47  trying to give them a whole different route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, “Would you like to follow me to the   48 ?”
A look of   49  crossed the woman’s face.
“I’m going right by there,” I said, which wasn’t a(an)   50  since I had just made up my mind to do   51  that.
I got in my car and began the journey back. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right   52  me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to   53 . I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone.
Later, as I arrived home, my husband   54 , “So you aren’t ever late any more.”
I said, “Sometimes it’s   55  to be late.”
小题1:
A.breakB.feverC.coldD.headache
小题2:
A.foreignB.commonC.busyD.noisy
小题3:
A.earlierB.laterC.easierD.simpler
小题4:
A.gettingB.cookingC.callingD.working
小题5:
A.toughB.punctualC.generousD.careful
小题6:
A.asB.sinceC.whileD.if
小题7:
A.payB.changeC.waitD.search
小题8:
A.opinionsB.troubleC.directionsD.money
小题9:
A.reachedB.visitedC.calledD.left
小题10:
A.skilledB.helpfulC.experiencedD.active
小题11:
A.commentsB.promisesC.jokesD.offers
小题12:
A.onlyB.stillC.evenD.ever
小题13:
A.stationB.officeC.hospitalD.hotel
小题14:
A.panicB.reliefC.sadnessD.peace
小题15:
A.dutyB.factC.reasonD.lie
小题16:
A.partlyB.properlyC.exactlyD.perfectly
小题17:
A.acrossB.beforeC.besideD.behind
小题18:
A.go upB.die downC.speed upD.turn down
小题19:
A.teasedB.shoutedC.burstD.laughed
小题20:
A.possibleB.specialC.goodD.safe

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完形填空(共20小题;每小题l分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.
Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a  36 of about eighty miles. It was late and I was in a hurry. However, if anyone asked me how fast I was  37 ,I’d say I was not over-speeding. Several times I got  38 behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road, and I was holding my fists tightly with  39 .
At one point along an open highway, I  40 a crossroad with a traffic light. I was alone on the road by now, but as I  41 the light, it turned red and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights, but there I sat, waiting for the light to  42 , the only human being for at least a mile in any  43 .
I started  44 why I refused to run the light. I was not afraid of being  45 , because there was obviously no policeman around, and there certainly would have been no  46 in going through it.
Much later that night, after I  47 a group of my friends in Lewisburg and climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I’d stopped for that light  48 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  49 , but it’s an arrangement we have, and we trust each other to  50 it: we don’t go through red lights. Like most of us, I’m more likely to be  51 from doing something bad by the social convention that  52 it than by any law against it.
It’s amazing that we ever  53 each other to do the right thing, isn’t it? And we do, too, Trust is our  54 preference.
I was so  55 of myself for stopping for the red light that night.
小题1:
A.flightB.distanceC.roadD.length
小题2:
A.thinkingB.drivingC.complainingD.running
小题3:
A.stoppedB.changedC.stuckD.lost
小题4:
A.horrorB.strengthC.understandingD.impatience
小题5:
A.ran offB.came toC.passed byD.left behind
小题6:
A.passedB.watchedC.approachedD.found
小题7:
A.stopB.changeC.turnD.die
小题8:
A.wayB.sideC.cityD.direction
小题9:
A.wonderingB.suspectingC.strugglingD.regretting
小题10:
A.abusedB.finedC.injuredD.killed
小题11:
A.dangerB.signC.timeD.record
小题12:
A.met withB.got overC.got rid ofD.called back
小题13:
A.turned out toB.came back toC.referred toD.occurred to
小题14:
A.virtueB.suggestionC.lawD.order
小题15:
A.honorB.solveC.breakD.judge
小题16:
A.stoppedB.protectedC.rejectedD.frightened
小题17:
A.speaks ofB.stands byC.takes inD.disapproves of
小题18:
A.suspectB.trustC.teachD.care
小题19:
A.onlyB.firstC.luckyD.living
小题20:
A.sorryB.doubtfulC.sureD.proud

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