13．DAVID Beckham didn't make it．Cristiano Ronaldo didn't hit it so big either．But Gareth Bale，24，has become the most expensive soccer player in the history of the game．
    Four years after the arrival of Ronaldo at a record cost of 125million（765millionyuan）in2009，RealMadridisexpectedtopay135 million for Bale．But how is it that Bale，who was playing left back and being benched （当替补） by his English Premier League team a couple of years ago，now attracts such a big deal？
    As of years ago，the Welshman had played 24 matches for Tottenham Hotspur，and had never finished on the winning side once-a record for any Premier League player．Tottenham even privately considered selling him．"A player who had once looked a prodigy （神童）-as a 17-year-old Southampton full back，the youngest ever international for Wales-already appeared，at 20，on the way down，"wrote Tim Adams at UK's The Observer．
    Through all the humiliations （屈辱），Bale hung on．While he was injured and kept out of games，he worked hard to reinvent himself．Bale's father Frank's uncompromising （不妥协的） discipline had a great impact on his son．
    When he returned from injury later that season，Bale had been transformed in the gym．In a Champions League match in 2010，he established himself as the so-called"Incredi-Bale"overnight throughout Europe．With his team four goals behind to Inter Milan at halftime，Bale surprisingly scored a hat-trick before the game was over．Even former Manchester United coach，Alex Ferguson，praised him："He had been a six-foot，gangly （瘦长的），slim boy； then all of a sudden he was built like a light heavyweight boxer．"
    With Bale's help，Tottenham are flying high in the league．In the 2012-13 season，he won all three of t he important individual awards：the PFA （Professional Footballers'Association） Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards and the Football Writers'Association Footballer of the Year award．
    This has all led to people comparing him to Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Ronaldo，who are widely regarded as the two best players in the world．
    Former Madrid star Zinedine Zidane has even decided to mentor （指导） Bale．"He's perhaps not quite at the level of the other two，but he's different，"Zidane told ESPN．"So personally I don't think he's far off．"
56．According to the text，which of the following is true？A
A．Gareth Bale played full back for Southampton at the age of 17．
B．Tottenham Hotspur never considered selling Gareth Bale．
C．Tottenham Hotspur beat Inter Milan in a Champions League match．
D．Gareth Bale won all three of the important individual awards in life．
57．What plays the most critical role in Bale's successful career？C
A．His natural talent for soccer
B．His father's discipline and impact．
C．His determination and hard work
D．His coaches'effective guidance．
58．From the passage we can infer that Bale lost 24 matches for Tottenham HotspurB 
A．before 17 years old               
B．between 17 and 20 years old
C．after 20 years old            
D．at the age of 24
59．Which of the following could be the best title of the passage？B
A．World Famous Soccer Stars     
B．A Successful Soccer Player
C．Best-known Soccer Clubs       
D．Important Individual Awards．

12．She ___ have attended the meeting，for she was seeing a doctor then．（　　）

A．

shouldn't

B．

mustn't

C．

wouldn't

D．

couldn't

11．-I hear you have been looking after your granny these days．
-Yes．She ______ a bad cold the other day and my parents are still on holiday in Kunming．（　　）

A．

catches

B．

caught

C．

has caught

D．

would catch

10．He  knows  it's  almost  impossible  to finish  the task，but______he wants to have  a try．（　　）

A．

otherwise

B．

anyhow

C．

therefore

D．

though

9．Young people are often seen using mobile products to keep themselves ____________．（　　）

A．

occupying

B．

occupied

C．

to occupy

D．

being occupied

8．It's said that there are plenty of hotels in that town．There ________ be any difficulty for you to find somewhere to stay．（　　）

A．

wouldn't

B．

mustn't

C．

shouldn't

D．

needn't

7．The boy the teachers considered ________ was caught _______ in the exam，which surprised us very much．（　　）

	A．	to be the best；cheating		B．	as the best student；to cheat
	C．	being the best；cheating		D．	as a good student；to cheat

6．1．考官将会问你几个关于科技发展的问题．（related）
2．他在英语学习方面取得了比其他同学更大的进步．（than…）
3．就你的观点，缺少均衡饮食以及室外运动会有怎样的负面结果？（consequence）
4．在未来几周内，这些学校将要安装网络设备为了方便学生获取所需信息．（install）
5．韩国影星在女学生中大受欢迎，很多人为了见上一面甚至愿意在机场等上几小时，这却让父母们很担忧．（So…）

5．虽然这个角色在电影中是个失败者，但他战胜困难的决心一直激励着年轻观众去追求自己的梦想．（inspire）Although this character is a failure in the movie，his determination to overcome difficulties has inspired young audiences to persue their dreams．．

4．获悉自己被一所理想大学录取时，他才松了一口气．（Not until…）Not until he was informed of being admitted to his dream university did he feel relieved．．