1. After a fourhour hard and long climb,                    and we were soon to get to it. (within)

在四個(gè)小時(shí)艱苦而漫長(zhǎng)的攀登之后，山頂已經(jīng)在望，我們很快就要到了。

Someone said that encouragement is simply reminding a person of the " shoulders" he's standing on,the heritage (遺產(chǎn)，繼承物) he's been given. That's what happened when a young man,the son of a star baseball player,was drafted by one of the minor league teams. As hard as he tried,his first season was disappointing,and by midseason he expected to be released any day.

The coaches were bewildered (迷惑) by his failure because he possessed all the characteris?tics of a superb athlete,but he couldn't seem to incorporate (組合) those advantages into a coor?dinated (協(xié)調(diào)的) effort. He seemed to have become disconnected from his potential.

His future seemed darkest one day when he had already struck out his first time at bat. Then he stepped up to the batter's box again and quickly ran up two strikes. The catcher called a timeout and trotted to the pitcher's mound for a conference. While they were busy,the um?pire,standing behind the plate,spoke casually to the boy.

Then play resumed (重新恢復(fù)) ，the next pitch was thrown and the young man knocked it out of the park. That was the turning point. From then on,he played the game with a new con?fidence and power that quickly drew the attention of the parent team,and he was called up to the majors.

On the day he was leaving for the city,one of his coaches asked him what had caused such a turnaround. The young man replied that it was the encouraging remark the umpire had made that day when his baseball career had seemed doomed.

"He told me I reminded him of all the times he had stood behind my dad in the batter's box," the boy explained. "He said I was holding the bat just the way Dad had held it. And he told me, 'I can see his genes in you; you have your father's arms.，After that,whenever I swung the bat,I just imagined I was using Dad's arms instead of my own."

(   ) 5. According to the passage,the greatest trouble to the young man is         .

   A. he was the son of a star baseball player

   B. he had his potential characteristics

   C. he was unable to put his potential into accomplishing something

   D. he had no confidence and power

(   ) 6. Which of the following words can best describe the young man's change?

   A. Encouraging words. B. The characteristics of a superb athlete.

   C. New confidence and power. D. His father's genes.

(   ) 7. What does the underlined word "doomed" refer to?

   A. Changed. B. Destroyed. C. Developed. D. Improved.

(   ) 8. According to the passage,which can best describe the future of the young man?

   A. Taking the encouraging words as his motto,the young man would change his oc?cupation.

   B. Bearing the encouraging words in mind,the young man would have a promising future.

   C. Encouraged by the words,the young man would try no efforts to realize his goals.

   D. Remembering the words,the young man would incorporate his disadvantages.

"Do you still remember your dreams from childhood? They're like flowers that never fade," 23-year-old Liu Wei told a rapt (全神貫注的，入迷的) audience during a broadcast of the nationwide talent competition China's Got Talent. Liu,an armless pianist from Beijing,was named one of the show's finalists.

Liu once had arms. At the age of 10 he accidentally grabbed a highvoltage wire and lost his arms. "My family and I were so desperate then," Liu recalled. He credits a disable boy he met at the hospital who gives him the strength to cheer him up.

He was forced to give up playing soccer        (his favorite sport) but bounced back and chal?lenged himself to learn swimming. After two years,Liu had won two gold medals and one sil?ver at the National Swimming Championship for the disabled in 2002.

By the age of 19,Liu had taught himself how to play the piano with his feet,fulfilling a childhood dream of composing and producing music,he said with a big smile. " Given enough time,I could be just as same as anyone."

"I can read music and have figured out the⁴ toeing' by myself," he told. According to Liu,the big toe is the most flexible digit when "toeing"，but that he can only reach five keys at the same time. "It means I have to train my toes to move more rapidly," he said.

"We've all fought for our dreams when we were young,but no one has fought as hard as you," commented Gao Xiaosong. Gao is one of the show's judges and one of most influential music producers inChina.

"You tell us that to realize our dream,we need to spare no pains," said Yi Nengjing,a show judge and Taiwanese pop star.

"I've received a lot of letters of support,all encouraging me to focus on my music," Liu said. When asked what he would do when the show was over,he revealed several music compa?nies had asked to sign him. But whatever happened,he added he is sure he would keep pursuing his dream.

"Music is like water and air to me," he said. "I can't live without it."

(   ) 1. What can we learn about Liu Wei―a disabled young man?

   A. He was born with no arms.

   B. He got seriously ill and lost his arms.

   C. He had a terrible accident and lost his arms.

   D. He has his arms but he can play piano by using his feet.

(   ) 2. What does the underlined word "credits" refer to in the second paragraph?

   A. Has trust in and appreciate.

   B. Gives someone confidence for something.

   C. Arranges for deferred payment.

   D. Recognizes a source of information.

(   ) 3. What is Liu Wei's childhood dream?

   A. To be named one of the show's finalists.

   B. To be a professional soccer player.

   C. To be the champion of the National Swimming Championship.

   D. To be able to compose and produce his own music.

(   ) 4. The last paragraph suggests that no matter what happens in the future,Liu Wei

   A. is sure to pursue his dream

   B. is sure to be the No. 1of the nationwide talent competition China's Got Talent

   C. will wait and see what suits him best

   D. will continue to take part in different kinds of competition

Recently I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the 1        Standing near the security gate,they 2 and the mother said, "I love you and I wish you enough."

The daughter 3      ," Mom,our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough,too,Mom."They kissed and the daughter 4       . The mother walked over to the window where I was 5       . Standing there I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude 6        her privacy but she welcomed me in by asking, "Did you ever say goodbye to someone 7        it would be forever?"

"Yes,I have," I replied. "Forgive me for asking but why is this a 8       goodbye?" "I am old and she lives so far away. I have 9        ahead and the reality is ― the next trip back will be for my 10       ," she said.

"When you were saying goodbye,I heard you say ' I wish you 11       ,. May I ask what that means?" She began to 12       . "That's a wish that has been 13        from other genera?tions. My parents used to say it to everyone."

She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in 14        and she smiled even15       "When we said ' I wish you enough' ，we were wanting the other person to have a life 16        with just enough good things to 17        them."

She then began to cry and walked away. They say it 18       a minute to find a special person,an hour to 19        them,a day to love them,but then a (n) 20       life to forget them.

(   ) 1. A. start   B. departure   C. parting   D. leave

(   ) 2. A. held   B. squeezed   C. hugged   D. welcomed

(   ) 3. A. replied   B. said   C. spoke   D. returned

(   ) 4. A. started   B. set out   C. quit   D. left

(   ) 5. A. seated   B. sat   C. lying   D. watching

(   ) 6. A. for   B. in   C. to   D. on

(   ) 7. A. intending   B. knowing   C. predicting   D. meaning

(   ) 8. A. eternally   B. everlastingly   C. always   D. forever

(   ) 9. A. challenges   B. troubles   C. difficulties   D. problems

(   ) 10. A. wedding   B. anniversary   C. funeral   D. celebration

(   ) 11. A. enough   B. good   C. well   D. excellent

(   ) 12. A. cry   B. laugh   C. weep   D. smile

(   ) 13. A. handed over   B. handed down   C. handed to   D. handed out

(   ) 14. A. silence   B. thought   C. detail   D. sight

(   ) 15. A. longer   B. more   C. further   D. stronger

(   ) 16. A. supplied   B. furnished   C. filled   D. equipped

(   ) 17. A. sustain   B. uphold   C. support   D. advocate

(   ) 18. A. spends   B. takes   C. costs   D. expends

(   ) 19. A. understand   B. enjoy   C. value   D. appreciate

(   ) 20. A. thorough   B. complete   C. entire   D. total

 就"受良好的教育的重要性"這個(gè)主題發(fā)表你的看法，字?jǐn)?shù)約120 ，至少要包含以下的內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)。

1. 人人能讀好書，順利升學(xué)；

2. 人人都能接受與其自身?xiàng)l件和未來(lái)發(fā)展相適應(yīng)的教育；

3. 高質(zhì)量的就業(yè)就是良好教育的成果體現(xiàn)；

4. 你是如何看待接受教育的？

In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it high?ly,believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity. Others say that competition is bad;that it sets one. person against another;that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.

I have taught many children who held the belief that their selfworth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them,playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their singleminded pursuit (追求) of success_; the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.

However,while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed,others take an opposite atti?tude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players,they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people,I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying,they always have an excuse："I may have lost. But it doesn't matter because I really didn't try. " What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost,that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly,this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one's selfrespect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve (緩解) can we discover a new meaning in competition.

(   ) 5. What is the main meaning of this passage?

   A. Some people value competition highly to set up selfrespect.

   B. People have different opinions about competition.

   C. Competition sets one person against another.

   D. Some people seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success.

(   ) 6. Why do some people think highly of competition according to the passage?

   A. It does good to push society forward.

   B. It helps to gain selfrespect.

   C. It improves personal life attitude.

   D. It strengthens personal relationship.

(   ) 7. The true competitors also have a wrong belief that they think        .

   A. one's worth lies in how well one performs compared with others

   B. one's success in competition needs great responsibility

   C. competition is the only way to prove themselves

   D. other human qualities are not fully necessary

(   ) 8. Which of the following can best describe the writer's point of view?

   A. Everyone should try to win or achieve success in competition.

   B. Different opinions towards competition should be encouraged.

   C. Playing well and winning are really a life-and-death matter.

   D. Trying though losing is quite a different matter from even not doing anything.

Like many lovers of books,Mary and her husband,Richard Goldman,seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.

When Mary was hospitalized with heart trouble in 1989,they decided it was time to get se?rious. Richard,who worked for a business company,was eager to work for himself,and Mary needed to slow down from her demanding job.

They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry. "We knew it had to be a special store because we couldn't match the big chains dollar for dollar," says Mary. One figure caught her attention;She'd read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries,and many buyers spent more than $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.

On Halloween 1992,they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Cafe near their home. With three children in college,the couple could not spend all the family's money to start a shop. To cover the $ 100,000 cost,they drew some of their savings,borrowed from relatives and from a bank.

The store merely broke even in its first year,with only $ 120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.

Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $420,000 a year. After paying taxes,busi?ness costs and the six parttime sales clerks,Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.

"The job you love may not go hand in hand with a milliondollar income," says Richard. "This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves,not about making a lot of money." (   ) 1,The purpose of the fourth paragraph is to show that         .

   A. the couple had to use every possible means to open their Bookshop and Cafe

   B. they had to draw their all savings to open the Bookshop and Cafe

   C. they found that it was too difficult for them to open their Bookshop and Cafe

   D. they had to afford three children in college and had no money to open their Book?shop and Cafe

(   ) 2. What does the underlined word "cover" refer to?

   A. To provide with a covering or cause to be covered.

   B. To be responsible for reporting the details of.

   C. To be sufficient to meet the charge or cost of.

   D. To put something on top of something else.

(   ) 3. According to the passage,their operation and management of the bookstore in the first year         .  

   A. was very successful because of many Mary's new ways

   B. was not satisfactory

   C. was good enough by providing gifts to mystery lovers

   D. was a failure by inviting many writers to discuss their stories

(   ) 4. What does the last paragraph of the passage imply?

   A. The main purpose of opening the store is to pay for their children's education.

   B. Opening the store can provide chances to get to know more writers.

   C. You can't make money while doing the job you love.

   D. What we have done is just what we desire to do for an enjoyable life not for mak?ing money.

The "show business" attracts many young people. 1       only very few can hope to be?

come famous.

Talent is not 2        Without a good manager,a performer can never hope to succeed. Fashion is 3        important in this business. The best tailor in the world will never be successful if he makes 4        clothes. In exactly the same way,a performer must change his "act" in order to 5        the taste of the moment. This is 6        for actors and dancers,but perhaps most of all for 7       "Pop" stands for "popular"，and a pop singer has to 8        to become popular. He must either give the public what they want,or he must find 9        way of singing that will at?tract their attention. 10       when he has succeeded,and his records are sold everywhere,he can not 11       . He must work harder than ever to remain popular,12       there are always younger trying to become famous. The life of a successful pop singer is 13       . He can only relax when he is alone,because everything he does is watched and reported in the special news?paper written for the "fans". The fans are the most important people in the world for 14       . They buy his record,they go to his concerts,and they make him 15       . But they can be very troublesome,too. They sometimes 16        handkerchiefs,they tear off buttons,and they even cut off pieces of the unfortunate singer's hair. Many singers have been forced to 17        A pop singer has to spend a lot of money on 18       .

because he must always look smart. He must have a nice car. And 19      ,he must al?ways keep smiling for the benefit of 20       .

(   ) 1. A. Unfortunately   B. Therefore   C. Naturally   D. Luckily

(   ) 2. A. important   B. enough   C. necessary   D. encouraged

(   ) 3. A. still   B. yet   C. even   D. also '

(   ) 4. A. beautiful   B. oldfashioned   C. new   D. strange

(   ) 5. A. follow   B. get   C. change   D. agree

(   ) 6. A. easy   B. same   C. true   D. good

(   ) 7. A. artists   B. tailors   C. women   D. singers

(   ) 8. A. act   B. work hard   C. travel   D. sing

(   ) 9. A. a new   B. an easy   C. a popular   D. a strange

(   ) 10. A. Even   B. Unless   C. If   D. But

(   ) 11. A. give up   B. leave   C. relax   D. satisfy

(   ) 12. A. so   B. then   C. because   D. and

(   ) 13. A. simple   B. very interesting

   C. exciting   D. not at all easy

(   ) 14. A. the public   B. the show business

   C. the first star   D. the singer

(   ) 15. A. satisfy   B. exalted   C. rich and famous   D. happy

(   ) 16. A. receive   B. steal   C. send   D. accept

(   ) 17. A. sing   B. give   C. hide   D. leave

(   ) 18. A. traveling   B. clothes   C. food   D. homing

(   ) 19. A. thus   B. more or less   C. after all   D. above all

(   ) 20. A. his public   B. himself   C. all   D. his manager

10.               with the size of the whole earth,the biggest ocean doesn't seem big at all. (compare)

比較于整個(gè)地球的大小，最大的海洋也談不上大了。

9.                the poisonous gases from polluting the air. (prevent)

一定要找到辦法防止有毒氣體污染空氣。