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I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was useless and when I was 14, he said, “You’re never going to be    (1)  but a failure(失敗者).

After five years of poor jobs, I fell    (2)  with a very nice girl. But her mother said to me, “You’ve    (3)  in everything you’ve ever done. You can’t give any happiness to my daughter!” It was the frustrating thing that could have changed me later. I decided to do something    (4)  about my life, because I wanted to show her that what people said about me was    (5) .

So I tried hard with my writing and went to college. My first book came out while I was at college. After college I    (6)  during the day in high schools and went to evening classes at college. Later, I gave up that job to write full time. At the same time, I was offered a part­-time job as a    (7)     at Leeds University. I began to feel    (8)  of myself –here was once a poor boy who’d left school early, now teaching at the university. My writing career(生涯)   (9)  when I discovered my own style.

Now I’m rich and    (10)  , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does that mean? I just wish all the people who have put me down had said: “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

1.	A．a(chǎn)nything B．something C．everything D．nothing

 

2.	A．work B．love C．help D．study

 

3.	A．failed B．won C．beaten D．succeeded

 

4.	A．difficult B．easy C．negative D．positive

 

5.	A．terrible B．excellent C．wrong D．right

 

6.	A．stayed B．laught C．lived D．studied

 

7.	A．boss B．scientist C．teacher D．student

 

8.	A．proud B．sad C．tired D．happy

 

9.	A．set off B．went off C．broke off D．took off

 

10.	A．cool B．famous C．clever D．helpful

 

When I was growing up, I was ashamed（羞愧）of being seen with my father．He was  1 and quite ugly（丑）．He used to   2   together with me and his hand was on my arm for __3  ．At this time, people would look at us very directly．I would feel   4   and was afraid to look at others．Dad noticed that, but he never   5   that he knew．

It was difficult to make our steps．We   6   said to each other as we went along．But each time we   7  , he always said," You set the pace, I'll follow you．"

We usually took the underground．That was   8   he went to his office．He almost never __9   to work late, even though he was ill or met with bad weather．

He never felt   10   that he was disabled and he never envied the lucky or able persons．He looked   11   a "good heart" in others．

Now I'm older and realize that it is not right to judge（判斷）a person by his   12  ．I want to tell Dad how sorry I am that I was not   13   to walk with him in public and I ever felt ashamed to be his daughter．I think of him when I complain about something unimportant, envy another's good   14   or don't have a "good heart"．I want to   15   my hand on his arm and say, "You set the pace, I'll try to follow you．"

It is Dad who has helped me keep my balance, the balance of my lifetime．

1．A．patient               B．disabled            C．gentle               D．thin

2．A．ride              B．run                    C．drive                D．walk

3．A．balance       B．comfort             C．strength               D．fun

4．A．unwelcome          B．unhelpful             C．unfriendly            D．uncomfortable

5．A．showed                B．thought             C．found               D．replied

6．A．a(chǎn)lways               B．seldom            C．often               D．usually

7．A．started out           B．stayed out           C．looked out            D．cried out

8．A．how                 B．where              C．why                       D．when

9．A．stopped              B．came               C．got                   D．forgot

10．A．scared             B．sad                 C．excited             D．proud

11．A．for               B．a(chǎn)fter                 C．a(chǎn)t                  D．like

12．A．a(chǎn)dvice              B．reward                     C．a(chǎn)ppearance           D．experience

13．A．a(chǎn)ble               B．sure                C．a(chǎn)ngry               D．willing

14．A．ideas                B．luck                  C．habit                  D．voice

15．A．raise              B．put                 C．give               D．shake

完形填空 先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意, 然后從下面四個(gè)答案中選擇可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳答案。 (本大題共10分，每小題1分)

Once there was a king who told some of his people to dig a pond (池子).The king then told his people that one person   1   each family had to bring a glass of milk during the night and put it into the pond. So, by the morning, the pond should be   2  of milk.

After   3  the order, everyone went home. As one man prepared his milk, he thought that since everyone was bringing milk, he would just   4  a glass of water and put that into the pond instead.   5  it was dark at night, no one would notice it, so he quickly went and put the water into the pond and  6  home.

In the morning, the king went to visit the pond. To his surprise, the pond was only filled with water! What happened? Yes! Everyone had the same idea   7  that man. They all thought, “I don’t have to waste my milk. Someone else will do it.”

Dear friends, when you plan to help poor people or people in trouble, do not think that   8   will take care of it.   9 , it starts with you. If you don’t do it, no one else will, so change yourself and make a   10  .   

1.                A．a(chǎn)t             B．from           C．on   D．with

 

2.                A．filled           B．empty          C．crowded  D．full

 

3.                A．giving          B．refusing        C．receiving D．offering

 

4.                A．hide           B．steal           C．waste    D．drink

 

5.                A．If             B．Since           C．While    D．After

 

6.                A．left            B．came           C．returned  D．a(chǎn)rrived

 

7.                A．with           B．to             C．a(chǎn)s   D．of

 

8.                A．others         B．the others       C．none D．neither

 

9.                A．However       B．Instead         C．Therefore D．Of course

 

10.               A．face           B．mistake         C．living D．difference

 

 

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had   16      a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well   17  it, he told him that was all he wanted.  

On the morning of his graduation day his father called him into his own study and told him how   18  he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box.   19  but slightly disappointed（失望）, the young man opened the box and found a lovely book.   20 , he raised his voice at his father and said, “With all your money you give me a book?” and rushed out of the house,   21  the book in the study. 

He did not contact his father for a whole year until one day he saw in the street an old man who looked like his father. He   22  he had to go back home and see his father.  

When he arrived at his father’s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to leave for the hospital, he saw on the desk the   23  new book , just as he had left it one year ago. He opened it and began to turn the pages. Suddenly, a car key   24      from an envelope（信封）in the book. It had a tag（標(biāo)簽）with the dealer’s name, the same dealer who had the sports car. On the tag was the   25  of his graduation, and the words “ PAID IN FULL”. 

1.	A．expected B．enjoyed C．a(chǎn)dmired D．owned

 

2.	A．a(chǎn)fford B．offer C．keep D．like

 

3.	A．encouraged B．comfortable C．proud D．moved

 

4.	A．Nervous B．Serious C．Careful D．Curious

 

5.	A．Calmly B．Angrily C．Excitedly D．Worriedly

 

6.	A．leaving B．putting C．forgetting D．throwing

 

7.	A．learned B．realized C．knew D．a(chǎn)greed

 

8.	A．much B．still C．only D．quite

 

9.	A．lost B．came C．a(chǎn)ppeared D．dropped

 

10.	A．picture B．place C．date D．sign

 

I believe my dream  _________ true in the future .

A．comes

B． came

C． Will come

D．To come