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阅读理解。     When I was nine years old I lived in a small town. I found an ad for selling greeting cards in the back
of a children"s magazine. I thought to myself I could do this. I begged my mother to let me send for the
kit (配件). Two weeks later the kit arrived. The next three hours later, I returned home with no card and
a pocket full of money shouting, "Mama, all the people couldn"t wait to buy my cards!" A salesperson
was born.
When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Ziegler. I remember sitting in the dark hall
listening to Mr. Ziegler raise everyone"s spirits up to ceiling. I left there feeling like I could do anything.
When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, "Dad, I want to make people feel like that." My
father asked me what I meant. "I want to be a motivational speaker just like Mr. Ziegler," I replied. A
dream was born.
     Recently, I began pursuing my dream of motivating others. I realized that everything I had
accomplished - the graduate degree, the successful sales career, speaking appointments, training and
managing for a major fortune 100 company as a senior manager- had prepared me for this moment. I
told my boss who was a great leader I would leave the company though I might not reach such a height
in career. He told me to proceed and he believed I would succeed.
     Having made that decision, I was immediately tested. One week after I gave notice, my husband was
laid off from his job. We had recently bought a new home and needed both incomes to make the monthly mortgage (抵押) payment and now we were done to no income. I even planned to turn back to my
former company, knowing they wanted me to stay but I was certain that if I went back, I would never
leave. I decided I still wanted to move forward rather than end up with a mouth full of "if onlys" later on.
A motivational speaker was born.
     When I held fast to my dream, even during the tough times, the miracles(奇迹) really began to happen. In a short time period my husband found a better job. We didn"t miss a mortgage payment. And I was
able to book several speaking appointments with new clients (客户). I discovered the incredible power
of dreams. I loved my old job, my workmates and the company I left, but it was time to get on with my
dream. To celebrate my success I had a local artist paint my new office as a garden. At the top of one
wall she marked, "The world always makes way for the dreamer."1.Why was the kit sent for?A. Selling greeting cards.
B. Collecting greeting cards.
C. Buying greeting cards.
D. Sending greeting cards.2.When did the author decide to become a motivational speaker?A. After buying a new home by mortgage.
B. After giving notice to leave her secure position in the company.
C. After finding a job in a major fortune 100 company.
D. After listening to Mr. Ziegler"s inspiring speech.3.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?A. She was once an excellent manager.
B. She left her post at the height of her career.
C. She was not sure whether the former company could accept her.
D. She didn"t miss paying the monthly mortgage payment.4. What does the underlined sentence mean in the last paragraph?A. Carry on with your dreams and you will be successful.
B. Risk everything you have for a dream and you will succeed.
C. The world belongs to dreamers.
D. Everyone will find their dreams.
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完形填空。     Once President Roosevelt"s house was broken into and lots of things were stolen.  1  this, one of
Roosevelt"s friends wrote to him and  2  him not to take it to his heart so much. President Roosevelt  3
 immediately, saying, "Dear friend, thank you for your letter to  4   me. I am all right now. I think I should
thank God. This is because of the following three  5 : Firstly, the thief only stole things from me  6  did not
hurt me at all;   7 , the thief has stolen some of my things  8  all my things; thirdly, most luckily for me, it was
the man  9  me who became a thief."
     It is certainly 10  for anyone to be stolen from. However, President Roosevelt had three reasons to be
  11. This story tells us we should learn to be grateful in our life. There is a  12  from Mahatma Gandhi-Live as you were to die tomorrow; learn as you were to live forever. Great people are always  13  their love to
the world, just as Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and so on. How about us?
     You can not do 14 , but still you can do something. So, be grateful to your life, all the people and the
things in your life.
     Be grateful to nature, for the fresh air you 15 , the clean water you drink, and the beautiful flowers you
smell.
     Be grateful to your parents, for they  16  to you and taught you right from wrong.
     Be grateful to your  17 , for they taught you with great patience.
     Be grateful to your friends, for you have known  18  since you were 9 or 10 and faced the 19  together
for so many years.
      20  I want to say: being grateful can bring us a better and more beautiful life. Why don"t we have a try?
     Let"s get it started!
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(     )1. A. Hearing      
(     )2. A. allowed      
(     )3. A. came back    
(     )4. A. inform      
(     )5. A. causes      
(     )6. A. but          
(     )7. A. las          
(     )8. A. in case of  
(     )9. A. better than  
(     )10. A. unlucky    
(     )11. A. grateful    
(     )12. A. word        
(     )13. A. saying      
(     )14. A. nothing    
(     )15. A. mix        
(     )16. A. gave reasons
(     )17. A. doctors    
(     )18. A. some others
(     )19. A. difficulties
(     )20. A. At least    
B. Seeing      
B. suggested  
B. wrote back  
B. encourage  
B. reasons    
B. and        
B. finally    
B. in terms of
B. more than  
B. fortunate  
B. careful    
B. sentence    
B. showing    
B. anything    
B. equip      
B. gave a hand
B. fellows    
B. each other  
B. danger      
B. At first    
C. Finding      
C. advised      
C. turned back  
C. support      
C. results      
C. or            
C. suddenly      
C. instead of    
C. rather than  
C. unlikely      
C. helpful      
C. passage      
C. requiring    
C. something    
C. breath        
C. gave money    
C. schoolmate    
C. the others    
C. enemies      
C. At last      
D. Receiving  
D. prevented  
D. gave back  
D. comfort    
D. rules      
D. so        
D. secondly  
D. because of
D. or rather  
D. friendly  
D. useful    
D. pattern    
D. pretending
D. everything
D. relax      
D. gave birth
D. teachers  
D. everybody  
D. classes    
D. At most    
完形填空。
     A 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing.But the price-five
dollars-was far beyond Reuben Earle"s wealth.Five dollars would buy almost a week"s groceries for his
family.
     But hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, Reuben had an idea.
     He ran towards the  1  and stopped at a construction site.People built their own homes in Bay Roberts,
using nails _2_ in hessian sacks(麻袋)from a local factory.Sometimes the sacks were _3_, and Reuben
knew he could sell them back to the  4_ for five cents a piece.
     Back home, he looked at his mother Dora and _5_.Sunlight from the window gilded her shoulder-length blonde hair.Slim and beautiful, she was the center of the home, the glue that held it together.
     Every day after school, Reuben walked down the town, _6_ the hessian nail bags.On the day the school closed for the summer, no student was more  7  than Reuben.Now he would have more time for his _8_.
Then one day the _9_ had come.
     Reuben ran down Water Street to the store."Please, Mister.I have to sell the sacks now."
      The man took the sacks,   10   his pocket and put four coins in Reuben"s hand.Reuben murmured (小
声说)a thank you and  11  , home.
     When he got home.Reuben   12   the tin can.He poured the coins out and began to 13 . He had enough.
     Then, he headed for the shop, "I have the  14  ," he told the owner.
     The man went to the window and took out Reuben"s  15  . He wiped the dust off and gently wrapped it
in brown paper.Then he placed it in Reuben"s hands.
     Racing home, Reuben _16_ the front door."Here, Mum! Here"." He placed a small box in her
work-roughened hands.
     She  17  it carefully. A jewel box appeared.Dora lifted the cover,   18  beginning to blur (模糊) her
vision.
     Dora had never received such a  19  ; she had no jewellery except her wedding ring. 20 ,she smiled and
gathered her son into her arms.
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(     )1. A. window      
(     )2. A. purchased    
(     )3. A. taken apart  
(     )4. A. people      
(     )5. A. wept        
(     )6. A. collecting  
(     )7. A. disappointed
(     )8. A. mother      
(     )9. A. challenge    
(     )10. A. searched for
(     )11. A. ran        
(     )12. A. sought      
(     )13. A. laugh      
(     )14. A. jewel      
(     )15. A. treasure    
(     )16. A. got in      
(     )17. A. opened      
(     )18. A. tears      
(     )19. A. celebration
(     )20. A. Thankful    
B. Sound      
B. produced    
B. seta side  
B. site        
B. hesitated  
B. selling    
B. delighted  
B. schedule    
B. possibility
B. reached into
B. walked      
B. buried      
B. count      
B. box        
B. coins      
B. slid into  
B. unwrapped  
B. fog        
B. wish        
B. Breathless  
C. store          
C. delivered      
C. sorted out    
C. factory        
C. smiled        
C. recycling      
C. determined    
C. burden        
C. time          
C. glanced through
C. left          
C. broke          
C. judge          
C. money          
C. present        
C. squeezed out  
C. unfolded      
C. dust          
C. gift          
C. Unexpected    
D. school      
D. packed      
D. thrown away  
D. shop        
D. murmured    
D. carrying    
D. devoted      
D. mission      
D. opportunity  
D. stared at    
D. arrived      
D. uncovered    
D. observe      
D. ring        
D. sacks        
D. burst through
D. fastened    
D. sunlight    
D. blessing    
D. Speechless  
阅读理解。
     I"d been thinking of it so long; it seemed like the only thing to do-to show my baby, who had eyes as
green as water and whose name means the sea, the ocean.
     "Babies are supposed to instinctually know who they daddy is," Gerald, Dooriya"s daddy, said,
holding Dooriya before him. "But she don"t recognize nothing."
     Everybody had something to say about raising my baby, but none of them actually did any raising.
Taking Dooriya to see the ocean had become the only thing that kept me from feeling like my life was an
everlasting losing race, this vision of what could be for my little girl.When I told Momma about my plans
to visit the lighthouse (灯塔) at Cape Hatteras, she just spun her broken record.
     "That baby"11 never understand a thing of what she"s seeing."
     "My baby book says I should treat her just like any other child. It"s good to show her beautiful things
even if she don"t know what she"s seeing. It helps her brain develop. How"s her brain gonna develop if all
she ever sees is the walls inside this crummy house?"
     "That child"s brain ain"t never gonna develop.We love her, but it"s not like she"s ever gonna not be a
Mongoloid (先天愚型患者)."
     I had read a half-dozen books about Down Syndrome that said stimulation (刺激) might improve a
child"s chances of developing to her fullest potential. And what"s more stimulating than a trip to see the
ocean?
Guidebooks described the area as the land of beginnings, which I liked the sound of. But before I could
map out a plan, I woke up one night when Dooriya hiccupped (打嗝).Then she just stopped breathing.
The ER doctor gave me a pamphlet on SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) and said, children with
Down Syndrome are much more likely to be affected by this sort of thing.
     I didn"t remember much about driving to Cape Hatteras, especially taking Dooriya from the hospital.
But up on that lighthouse, with its broad spiral running up and around it like a black and white barber"s
pole, I saw my life twist into the air.
     As I climbed the winding stairs, I counted the steps, 268 in all, stopping on 77, Dooriya"s very
number of days on this planet. At the top, I held Dooriya up to the Atlantic, its cold air raising the thin
soft hair on her head.With her eyes closed and her arms spread out, it looked like she was bathing in the
warmth of the sun.
1. From Gerald"s words "But she don"t recognize nothing." we know ____.
A. The baby was probably born with the eye problem
B. The father thought the baby was abnormal
C. The baby could recognize nothing except her father
D. The father made up an excuse not to care for the baby
2. Did anybody else besides her mother actually take the responsibility to raise the baby?
A. The father.        
B. The grandma.      
C. Nobody.        
D. The doctor.
3. The reason why the mother wanted to take her baby to see the ocean is that ____.
A. She believed seeing the ocean could help cure her baby"s disease
B. She wanted her baby to enjoy her remaining time
C. She believed the ocean was the land of beginnings
D. She wanted her baby to enjoy nature
4. Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. The doctor eventually saved the life of the baby.
B. The baby was disabled by her careless mother.
C. The baby enjoyed the sunshine while seeing the ocean.
D. The disease SIDS took away the life of the baby.
完形填空。
     A mother and daughter living in my community are two of the most unfriendly people I have ever come
across in my life. They are totally  1 , mixing with nobody. As they drive past neighbors they keep their
eyes looking away and make no sign of  2  . The only fame they have is making a nuisance (讨厌的人) of
themselves to the local police station by  3    music played too loud, dogs barking more than once a day
and any other petty (琐碎的) little  4  .
     On moving into this neighborhood, I was  5  of these two but decided I would make up my own mind.
This proved quite a  6   to me as more than once either the mother or the daughter would knock on my
door and blast (猛烈抨击) me with some  7   or other. I  8  answered politely and made sure I  9 as they
went past my place and also made the effort now and then to make a kind 10 about their garden or pets.
     Time passed and in October, as part of the Kindness Rock Give, Maureen and I decided to place a
kindness rock in their garden. Their  11   remained unchanged, however, and I continued to be as friendly
as possible. During the Easter give, we decided once again to  12  these two unhappy ladies to our list and
 13 a packet of cookies on their gate. Imagine my  14  when two days later they   15 at my gate and
jokingly said they were  16  hanging their Christmas stocking on their gate, and they brought me a bunch of
flowers!
     So, my fellow gifters, do not 17 on your random gifts of kindness. You may never know just what this
  18  to others, nor how many broken or 19  hearted people you may just change  20 a simple act of
kindness.
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(     )1. A. protected    
(     )2. A. enthusiasm  
(     )3. A. discussing  
(     )4. A. events      
(     )5. A. accused      
(     )6. A. challenge    
(     )7. A. quarrels    
(     )8. A. seldom      
(     )9. A. waved        
(     )10. A. difference  
(     )11. A. smile      
(     )12. A. add        
(     )13. A. shared      
(     )14. A. interest    
(     )15. A. whispered  
(     )16. A. imagining  
(     )17. A. take in    
(     )18. A. refers      
(     )19. A. kind        
B. depressed      
B. acknowledgement
B. requesting      
B. issues          
B. warned          
B. project        
B. opinions        
B. never          
B. stared          
B. account        
B. attitude        
B. recommend      
B. took            
B. anxiety        
B. stopped        
B. intending      
B. take up        
B. means          
B. light          
C. separated  
C. excitement  
C. reporting  
C. incidents  
C. reminded    
C. task        
C. explanations
C. always      
C. noticed    
C. gesture    
C. decision    
C. reduced    
C. left        
C. surprise    
C. shouted    
C. considering
C. give in    
C. relates    
C. hard        
D. equipped      
D. entertainment  
D. rejecting      
D. affairs        
D. convinced      
D. matter        
D. complaints    
D. sometimes      
D. laughed        
D. remark        
D. anger          
D. drove          
D. fixed          
D. doubt          
D. wandered      
D. approaching    
D. give up        
D. contributes    
D. warm          
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    Anne made her diary her best friend because she had
no friend who could understand what she was going
1. ______and she wanted a friend.
    Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands
2._______World War ?. Her family had to hide or they
would be 3._______by the German Nazis because her
family was Jewish. They 4. ______away for more than
two years. During that time her only true friend was her
diary. She didn"t want to set 5. ______a series of facts in
a diary as most people did,but she wanted the diary itself
to be her friend. She even 6. _______her diary Kitty.
       In her diary,she wondered if it was because she hadn"t
been able to go 7. _______for so long that she had grown
so 8._____about everything to do with nature. She
could well remember that there was a time 9._______a
deep blue sky,the song of the birds,moonlight and flowers
could never have 10. ______her spellbound.