A dog has a horse. The horse was beautiful and also it had many good qualities.   61    It especially wanted to become the most beautiful horse in the world.
One day the horse said to the god, “You have given me beauty. You have given me other good qualities.62    But how I wish you could make me more beautiful! I would be extremely, extremely grateful if you could make me more beautiful.”
The god said, “I’m more than ready to make you more beautiful.  63  ” Then the horse said, “My neck is too short .If you can make neck a little longer, my upper body will be more beautiful. And if you can make my legs much longer and thinner, then I will look more beautiful in my lower body.”
Then immediately the god made a camel appear in place of the horse. The horse was so sad that it started to cry, “Oh, no, I do not want to become a camel.   64 As a horse, everybody appreciated my good qualities. Nobody will appreciate me as a c I’m more than ready to amel.”
The god said, “This is exactly  what you asked for. You have become a camel.
65   if you cry for a longer neck and legs, this is what will happen. Each thing in my creation has its own good qualities. The camel is not as beautiful as you are, but it carries heavy loads and has a great sense of duty.”

The salespeople said they hadn’t overcharged customers, but the police’s report showed that the practice did ______.

A．a(chǎn)ppear           B．a(chǎn)rise             C．perform          D．exist

完型填空（共20小題，每小題1.5分，共30分）
閱讀下列短文，掌握其大意，然后從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。
If we were to keep a record of all the things we worried about during a given period of time，we would discover—in reviewing them—that the great majority of our     16     never come to pass. This means that most of the time we     17     to worrying，even the constructive（建設性的）kind that prompts us to try to come up with a     18     to what is troubling us，is wasted.     19   ，we not only caused ourselves unnecessary mental pain，but also    20   valuable minutes and hours that could have been spent elsewhere.
To     21     this，it is often necessary to subject（使……遭受）potential     22     of worry to the coldly objective. Once，before a major     23     in front of a standing-room-only audience，a member of Arturo Toscanini’s orchestra approached（接近）the great Italian conductor with a terrible    24   on his face．“Maestro（大師），”the musician said     25   ，“my instrument is not working     26   ．I cannot reach the    27    of E-flat．Whatever will I do？We are to     28     a few moments later．”
Toscanini looked with total     29      at the man．Then he    30     kindly and placed an arm around his shoulders．“My friend，”the maestro replied，“do not worry about it．The note E-flat does not    31   anywhere in the music that you will be    32   this evening．”
The next time we find ourselves in the middle of     33     about some matter，we might be wise to    34    and ask ourselves what the odds（幾率）are of the problem really coming to    35   .We may be able to go on to something more constructive．
16．A．dreams                         B．ideas                    C．troubles              D．failures
17．A．spend                            B．devote                          C．expect                           D．a(chǎn)gree
18．A．solution                        B．suggestion                   C．promise               D．plan
19．A．However             B．Otherwise          C．Then                     D．Therefore
20．A．paid back            B．cut down             C．a(chǎn)cted out            D．took up
21．A．realize                         B．organize              C．a(chǎn)void                    D．operate
22．A．sources              B．success                         C．truth                    D．gifts
23．A．graduation                 B．concert                         C．meeting              D．invitation
24．A．sign                      B．a(chǎn)ppearance                 C．mark                    D．expression
25．A．a(chǎn)nxiously             B．finally                            C．eagerly                         D．seriously
26．A．properly              B．mainly                           C．practically           D．firmly．
27．A．part                      B．point                    C．signal                            D．note
28．A．complete            B．begin                    C．manage               D．separate
29．A．pleasure              B．regret                           C．silence                          D．a(chǎn)mazement
30．A．shouted                        B．depended           C．smiled                           D．explained
31．A．a(chǎn)ppear                          B．remove                         C．unfold                 D．disappear
32．A．enjoying              B．1istening             C．playing                          D．conducting
33．A．talking                           B．worrying             C．quarreling           D．doubting
34．A．prevent                         B．trust                     C．finish                    D．stop
35．A．end                       B．pass                     C．order                    D．settle

When we read books we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very __50__. Some stories are told as if they were true. Real people who live in a __51__ world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not __52__. They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be impossible for us.

But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only __53__. How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter, we do seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than __54__. Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of thinking. When we read or write something, we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our __55__, which is real, and our imagination, which is real in a different way, to make the words come to life in our minds.

Both realism and fantasy (幻想) use the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read something realistic, we have to __56__ that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we __57__ that we are real and they are not. It sounds __58__, but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and __59__ the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by __60__ that what we read is like real life. __61__, we are writing the book, too.

Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our __62__ when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose ourselves in a good story, eager to find out what will __63__ next. Knowing how we feel when we read can help us become better __64__, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.

1.                A．different        B．possible        C．important D．necessary

2.                A．common        B．usual           C．normal   D．certain

3.                A．instructive      B．realistic         C．reasonable    D．moral

4.                A．planned        B．thinkable        C．designed  D．imagined

5.                A．magic          B．lessons         C．dreams   D．experience

6.                A．grammar        B．knowledge      C．skill  D．words

7.                A．recall          B．ensure         C．imagine   D．understand

8.                A．hope          B．find            C．learn D．know

9.                A．terrible         B．dangerous       C．serious   D．strange

10.               A．think about      B．talk of          C．learn from D．forget about

11.               A．guessing        B．telling          C．pretending D．promising

12.               A．In a way        B．As usual        C．On the contrary D．By the way

13.               A．society         B．minds          C．life   D．world

14.               A．a(chǎn)ppear         B．a(chǎn)rgue          C．happen   D．develop

15.               A．writers         B．fans           C．professionals   D．readers

How can you make a million dollars in one month? I’m sure I am going to get the ____41____ of many readers with the question. The ____42____ news is that you are not going to make a million dollars in one month ____43____ you win the lottery (彩票) or some other prize.

We all want to be millionaires. However, if you try to ____44____ how they became that rich, you will learn that they worked very ____45____ for the money. That is what most ____46____ have had to do, including Bill Gates and Andrew Carnegie, and they often went ____47____ hardships before they succeeded ____48____.

There are many reasons why the millionaires have made it ____49____ for themselves. In this article, I am going to ____50____ passion (熱情) which I think is the most ____51____ quality to have in order to succeed. I am sure that if one were to ____52____ the people who made millions in their lifetime, this would be found in all of them.

Take J.K. Rowling for ____53____. Her first Harry Potter book was sent to twelve publishing houses, all of which ____54____ to publish it. A year later, she was finally given the chance by a small ____55____, which paid ￡1,500. And the ____56____ from that company was that she should get herself a job since she had little ____57____ of making a living by writing children’s books.

If you want to make a million dollars, find something that ____58____ you really passionate and work hard at it. It doesn’t ____59____ what it is. Let me know how you ____60____.

1.                A．a(chǎn)ttention       B．discussion       C．consideration  D．excitement

2.                A．common        B．funny          C．disappointing  D．surprising

3.                A．if             B．unless          C．since D．though

4.                A．find out        B．think up        C．bring up  D．care about

5.                A．long           B．wisely          C．hard D．happily

6.                A．millionaires      B．people         C．leaders   D．businessmen

7.                A．a(chǎn)round         B．under          C．through  D．near

8.                A．a(chǎn)s well         B．a(chǎn)t last          C．on purpose    D．by chance

9.                A．a(chǎn)ppear         B．complete       C．change   D．happen

10.               A．talk about       B．show off        C．pick out   D．carry out

11.               A．interesting      B．important       C．unforgettable   D．beautiful

12.               A．serve          B．visit           C．marry D．study

13.               A．a(chǎn)greement      B．experience      C．example   D．experiment

14.               A．promised       B．struggled       C．refused   D．tried

15.               A．office          B．publisher       C．factory    D．school

16.               A．a(chǎn)dvice         B．praise          C．comment  D．celebration

17.               A．interest        B．energy         C．time  D．chance

18.               A．reminds        B．drives          C．forces D．makes

19.               A．matter         B．say            C．mean D．care

20.               A．understand     B．plan           C．go   D．behave