1、I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large  36  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would   37   his taxi on the road. I   38   why he did not park it in the garage.

Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home   39   work, leave his taxi and go out for his   40   affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was   41  .

I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I   42   to be outside one evening two weeks   43  , when the garage door was  44   and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（勞斯萊斯）! It shook me completely   45   I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But  46    inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（an）47  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and   48   him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（an） 49  .

We go to bed every night and  50    every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a   51    as close friends or go for a vacation as a   52  . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we    53   the social ladder―how much bigger and better a   54   we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  55    we are than what we do!

39、請以 Is Failure a Bad Thing 為題寫一篇短文，要點如下：

1.       失敗是常有的事。

2.       人們對失敗有各種不同的態(tài)度。

你對失敗的態(tài)度。

38、Grandpa intends to have a thoroughly enjoyable and _________period without paid work.

A. broad           B. wide              C. lengthy          D. brief

37、 Juventus _________two goals in the last ten minutes.

A. achieved         B. managed           C. succeeded       D. challenged

36、 ― Which number is yours?

―_____--it's that one here, yes, this one.

A. Let me see       B. Let's say           C. Mind you        D. Excuse me

35、Please look _________the whole plan and let me know what you think.

A. into              B. up                 C. through                D. after

34、Try to _________a few hours each week for exercise.

A. put away        B. take away         C. pick up         D. set aside

33、There was a（n）_________moment when the plane suddenly dropped.

A. nervous          B. embarrassed       C. anxious          D. worried

32、People who don't do what they say they will are_________.

A. honest          B. independent       C. cruel           D. unreliable

31、He was unable to attend the meeting in Moscow, because the Russian authorities had_______ him a visa.

A. denied          B. rejected           C. refused         D. opposed