Growing up, I always dreamed of being a professional figure skater. After years of hard work, I am living proof that dreams can come true.
When I was born, my parents immediately noticed something 36 and the doctor said I couldn"t skate. I, however, 37 trying skating in an ice rink (溜冰场), where local skaters 38 perform ice shows. I started taking group skating lessons, and performing on ice came naturally, but I have always been 39 to speak in group settings. One thing I"ve never been afraid of is 40 , though. I get nervous, but never 41 . For me, skating has been about being my personal best 42 beating others on the ice. 1 progressed through various 43 rapidly and gave my first ice performance at seven. Soon I started winning local and regional competitions. That"s 44 being on the ice has always been the one place where I can 45 express my own emotions. The ice is like home.
When I was nine years old I began training 46 . I would wake up at four o"clock in the morning six days a week and skate for five hours. Then I"d go to school. Since 47 has always been important in my family, I had no 48 but to find creative ways to fit in school studies throughout my 49 career.
After graduating from high school, I moved to Canada and set out to train full-time to give my dreams a chance at reality. In 1992 I went to compete in the Olympic Games. 50 , not my coach or even my family, ever talked to me about winning a gold medal. In fact, I wouldn"t even 51 myself to think about it. I thought that would disturb me. 52 , I went with the attitude that I wanted to enjoy the Olympic spirit. 53 the expectation of all the people, I won the gold medal and words couldn"t describe the overwhelming mixture of emotions I felt. Then I truly understood what 54 most in achieving a dream is nor to 55 it when you 1ace difficulties, but strive to make it come true.
| 小题1: | | A．unique | B．wrong | C．unbelievable | D．attractive |
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| 小题2: | | A．directed to | B．led to | C．insisted on | D．fixed on |
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| 小题3: | | A．could | B．should | C．might | D．would |
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| 小题4: | | A．doubtful | B．brave | C．shy | D．disabled |
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| 小题5: | | A．competition | B．expression | C．exchange | D．display |
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| 小题6: | | A．annoyed | B．disappointed | C．sad | D．fearful |
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| 小题7: | | A．rather than | B．other than | C．except for | D．as for |
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| 小题8: | | A．positions | B．levels | C．points | D．ways |
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| 小题9: | | A．where | B．why | C．when | D．because |
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小题10:A, easily B. immediately C. truly D. slowly
| 小题11: | | A．freely | B．comfortably | C．seriously | D．quickly |
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| 小题12: | | A．education | B．wealth | C．reputation | D．health |
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| 小题13: | | A．chance | B．choice | C．goal | D．freedom |
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| 小题14: | | A．boring | B．aimless | C．amateur | D．normal |
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| 小题15: | | A．Somebody | B．Everybody | C．Anybody | D．Nobody |
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| 小题16: | | A．allow | B．promise | C．force | D．discourage |
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| 小题17: | | A．However | B．Therefore | C．Besides | D．Naturally |
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| 小题18: | | A．Beyond | B．Within | C．Despite | D．Without |
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| 小题19: | | A．stresses | B．applies | C．matters | D．acts |
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| 小题20: | | A．ruin | B．ignore | C．change | D．abandon |
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小题1:根据下文医生说我不能滑冰可判断我生下来身体就有残疾，选wrong。
小题1:根据下文我参加了滑冰课程和训练可知“我”坚持要练习滑冰。
小题1:句意：在那里当地的滑冰者经常进行滑冰表演。would此处表示过去常常做某事。
小题1:根据上文的连词“but”和下文的副词“though”，可知当时我羞于在参加滑冰训练的小组中讲话。
小题1:根据下文我很快通过了不同级别的考核可知我不惧怕竞争和比赛。competition竞争，比赛，竞赛。
小题1:由上文“I’ve never been afraid of is 40, though. ”可知。annoyed恼怒的，烦闷的；disappointed失望的，沮丧的；fearful可怕的，担心的。
小题1:句意：对我而言，滑冰已成为我生活中最好的一部分而不是在冰上击败别人。rather than非，而不是；other than除了，不同于；except for除了以外；as for关于。
小题1:通过训练我的滑冰水平提高很快。position位置，职位；level水平，标准；point要点，得分；way方法，方式。
小题1:句意：那是因为冰上进行表演是我唯一能表达我真实情感的方式。
小题1:easily容易地；immediately立即、立刻；truly真实地、真诚地 ;slowly缓慢地；由句意可知选C。
小题1:根据下文对“I would wake up at four o’clock in the morning six days a week and skate for five hours. ”可知我开始了艰苦的训练。
小题1:根据下文我在训练的同时还要上学接受教育可判断在我的家庭中教育是非常重要的。
小题1:have no choice but to do固定句型，意为“不得不做某事，只能做某事”。
小题1:根据下文“我”高中毕业之后才进行专业的训练可知以前的训练都是业余的。amateur:业余的。
小题1:句意：没有人，包括我的教练甚至我的家人都没有向我谈起拿金牌的事。
小题1:句意：事实上，我也不允许我自己想这件事。allow允许，许可。
小题1:上下文构成因果关系。选therefore。
小题1:句意：超出每个人的预料，我赢得了金牌。beyond超过，越过，在那一边。
小题1:句意：后来我真正意识到：一个人在实现梦想的过程中最重要的是面对困难不要放弃而要竭尽全力直至梦想成真。matter有关系，要紧；apply申请，应用；stress强调，施压于；act行动，表现。
小题1:ruin毁灭；ignore忽视，不理睬； abandon放弃，遗弃。参见54题解析，由句意可知选D。 |
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One day, Miss Ellis gave her pupils a new kind of homework: homework on happiness. Her pupils would be “happiness 1 ”, and were to see what would happen when they tried to bring happiness to those around them. As part of their homework, all the students did really 2 , wonderful things, but what Carla Chalmers did left everyone 3 . Several days after the homework had been handed out, Carla turned up carrying a big bag.
“Here in this bag I have all the happiness I’ve collected so far,” she said 4 . On seeing this, everyone was filled with 5 , but Carla didn’t want to show anyone what was in the bag. Instead, she pulled out a small box and gave it to her teacher. When Miss Ellis had taken the box, Carla took a(n) 6 camera out of her own pocket and stood with it at the ready.
“Open it, Miss Ellis.”
The teacher slowly opened the box and looked inside. A big smile 7 on her face, and at that moment Carla took a photo, Carla’s photo came out of the camera immediately, and she 8
it to Miss Ellis along with a sheet of paper. The teacher read the paper in silence, and when she, had finished, she gestured at the 9 .
“Oh, so it’s…”
“Yes!” 10 Carla, opening the bag. “It’s a great big pile of smiles!”
She opened the bag and photos of different 11 fell out.
The rest of the class tried to 12 how Carla had managed to create such a great big chain of happiness. All there in the box was a photo of a big smile. But everyone who had seen it felt happiness being transmitted（传送）to them, and in return, without 13 , every person 14 with a smile of their own.
She managed to 15 understanding of the smile truth that every time you smile you are sending a gift to the world.
| 小题1: | | A．explorers | B．instructors | C．players | D．collectors |
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| 小题4: | | A．disappointedly | B．sadly | C．amazedly | D．smilingly |
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| 小题5: | | A．astonishment | B．kindness | C．expectation | D．pride |
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| 小题6: | | A．expensive | B．old–fashioned | C．instant | D．good-looking |
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| 小题7: | | A．disappeared | B．froze | C．faded | D．shone |
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| 小题8: | | A．offered | B．sold | C．packed | D．paid |
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| 小题11: | | A．smiles | B．teachers | C．ceremonies | D．friends |
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| 小题12: | | A．try out | B．focus on | C．decide on | D．figure out |
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| 小题13: | | A．imagination | B．expression | C．hesitation | D．reason |
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| 小题14: | | A．responded | B．refused | C．demanded | D．proved |
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It was her giggling (咯咯笑) that drew my attention. Note taking really wasn’t all that funny.
Walking over to the offender (肇事者), I asked for the 36 . Frozen, she refused to give it to me. I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet 37 between a teacher and a student. When she finally 38 it over she whispered, “Okay, but I didn’t draw it.” It was a hand-drawn 39 of me, teeth blackened and the words “I’m stupid” coming out of my mouth.
I managed to fold it up calmly. My mind, 40 , was working angrily as I struggled not to 41 . I figured I knew the two most likely students who drew the picture. It would do them some 42 to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it.
Thankfully, I was able to keep myself 43 .
When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture. They were all silent as I told them how 44 this was for me. I told them there must be a reason 45 and now was their chance to write down anything they needed to tell me. Then I let them write silently while I was seated in the back of the classroom, with tears in my eyes.
As I 46 the notes later, many of them said something like, “I’ve got nothing 47 you.” or “I’m sorry you were hurt.” Some kids said, “We’re afraid of you.” But two notes, from the girls who I 48 drew the picture, had a list of issues. I was too 49 , too strict…
Reading those notes, I realized that over the course of this year, instead of 50 my students, I had begun commanding them to 51 . Where I thought I was driving them to success I was 52 driving them away. I had some apology to make. But the next day in the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me a card. The one 53 by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke. The one from the girls asked for 54 .
This was a lesson for both the kids and me. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the 55 .
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| A. note
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| A. good
| B. harm
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| A. aside
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| B. finished
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| B. promised
| C. concluded
| D. confirmed
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| A. talkative
| B. mean
| C. funny
| D. considerate
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| A. forcing
| B. encouraging
| C. comforting
| D. teaching
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| A. appreciate
| B. apologize
| C. promise
| D. succeed
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| A. actually
| B. normally
| C. immediately
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| A. decorated
| B. offered
| C. signed
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| C. congratulation
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Today, many people are starving to death. Recently, a man who wanted to understand the conditions of such people conducted an experiment. He only ate one meal a day for a month but continued to work as he normally did.
During the first five days he was hungry at his 1 mealtime, but after he had drunk a glass of water, his hunger went away. In the morning, when he ate his one meal, he ate quickly and had a 2 amount. During the next few days, 3 he was not hungry during the day, he quickly 4 every food stall (a table on which food is put to be sold), and the smell of food caught his 5 . During the third and the fourth weeks, he had hunger pains and 6 physical strength. He 7 his one meal and ate it slowly, enjoying every bite. 8 it, he knew he would have hardly enough energy to work.
This 9 changed his attitude about some things. Having a cup of tea was not just a pastime. It also 10 him strength. He more frequently noticed overweight people and people who threw 11 leftover food. He realized the importance of 12 for the very hungry person. He could no longer easily 13 by a hungry beggar on the street. But most 14 , he could now sympathize(同情) in a 15 way with the hungry people of the world.
1．A．after B．formal C．regular D．frequent
2．A．large B．small C．ordinary D．common
3．A．if B．when C．as if D．although
4．A．recognized B．noticed C. glanced D．digested
5．A．eyes B．imagination C．attention D．interest
6．A．needed B．lacked C．required D．wanted
7．A．looked forward to B．devoted himself to
C．looked down upon D．took pride in
8．A．With B．Without C．Rather than D．Except for
9．A．action B．movement C．experiment D．performance
10．A．gained B．gave C．took D．left
11．A．in B．up C．away D．about
12．A．food B．meals C．money D．work
13．A．come B．pass C．stand D．stop
14．A．fortunately B．seriously C．necessary D．important
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A man found a cocoon of a moth. He took it home so that he could 31 the moth come out of the cocoon. On that day a small 32 appeared, he sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to 33 the body through that little hole.
Soon it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had 34 as far as it could and it could go no farther. It just seemed to be stuck. So the man, out of his kindness, decided to help the moth. He took a pair of scissors and cut off the 35 bit of the cocoon. The 36 then came out easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriven（无用的） wings. The man continued to watch the moth because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and 37 to be able to support the 38 , which would get smaller in time. Neither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life 39 around with a small, swollen body and shriveled wings. It was 40 able to fly.
What the man in his kindness 41 was that the small cocoon and the 42 of the moth to get through the 43 opening was a way to push fluid(液体) 44 the body of moth 45 its wings so that it would be ready to fly 46 it got out of the cocoon. Freedom and 47 would come only after the struggle. By taking the moth of a struggle away, he also took away the moth’s health.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to 48 our lives without any difficulties, we would be disabled. We would not be as 49 as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance, leave no room for 50 .
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| A in
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| A after
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| C. flight
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When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to Disneyland in America. It wasn’t the first time I had been 36 . Like most English children I learned French 37 school and I had often been to France, so I 38 speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand 39 . But 40 I went to America, I was really looking forward to__41_ a nice easy holiday without any 42 problems.
__43__wrong I was! The misunderstanding began 44 the airport. I was looking for a45__telephone to give my friend Danny a 46 and tell her I had arrived. A 47 old man saw me looking lost and asked 48 __ he could help me.
“Yes.” I said，“I was to give my friend a ring. ”“Well, that’s nice,” he said. “Are you getting 49 ? But aren’t you a bit young?”“ 50 is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me 51 there’s a phone box?”“Oh!” he said, “there’s phone downstairs.”
When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me. “Don’t worry,”she said to me, “I had so many 52 at first. There are lots of words which the Americans 53 differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to 54 funny things they say. Most of the 55 , British and American people understand each other!”
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| 小题4: | | A．English | B．French | C．Russian | D．Latin |
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| 小题6: | | A．buying | B．having | C．giving | D．receiving |
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| 小题7: | | A．time | B．human | C．language | D．money |
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| 小题10: | | A．cheap | B．popular | C．public | D．good |
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| 小题11: | | A．letter | B．ring | C．news | D．information |
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| 小题12: | | A．friendly | B．strange | C．stupid | D．tough |
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| 小题14: | | A．to marry | B．to be married | C．marrying | D．married |
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| 小题16: | | A．where | B．in which | C．over there | D．that |
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| 小题17: | | A．trouble | B．difficulties | C．things | D．fun |
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| 小题18: | | A．write | B．speak | C．use | D．read |
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| 小题19: | | A．every | B．these | C．some | D．all the |
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| 小题20: | | A．chance | B．situation | C．condition | D．time |
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