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Bill and John，both seriously ill，lived in the same room at Marie Hospital．John lived next to the only window of the room and was allowed to  36  in his bed and watch for an hour every day．But Bill had to spend all his time  37  on his back．

They became friends soon and talked for hours every day．They spoke of their families，their children，their hobbies，and their  38  in the American army．Each day John would sit up and  39 to his roommate Bill what he could see outside the window．

Through John’s description，Bill’s world was  40  and brightened by all the activities and colors of the outside world．The window overlooked a beautiful park with a lovely  41  ,John told Bill．Ducks played on the water  42  children sailed their model boats．And a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance．As John described all these  43  ,Bill would close his eyes and  44  the picturesque scene．Bill was recovering  45  . However，John became weak day by day．

Late one night，Bill was lying in bed  46  the ceiling when John began to cough seriously．Then doctors and nurses rushed to the room．Thirty minutes later, John  47  coughing．Now，there was only silence—  48  silence．

The following morning，Bill was moved to the bed next to the window at his request．Slowly and

  49  ，he supported himself up on one elbow （胳膊）to take the first look．But to his  50  ，he could see nothing but a  51  wall．

Only at that moment did he begin to realize that the pursuit（追求）of happiness was a matter of  52  ．It was a positive attitude we chose to express．It was not a gift that was  53  to our doorstep each morning，nor did it come through the window．It was all inward journey．Whether a man is happy or not depends on his own thoughts  54  anything outward．

So Bill began to describe the  55  world to his new roommate that he saw through the only window of the room.

1.A．stand up          B．sit up           C．set up            D．stay up

2.A．1ying            B．depending       C．going            D．relying

3.A．service           B．advice          C．appearance        D．violence

4.A．explain           B．complain        C．describe          D．introduce

5.A．affected          B．broadened       C．damaged          D．expanded

6.A．tower            B．1ake            C．statue            D．hill

7.A．while            B．though          C．unless            D．until

8.A．in addition        B．in general        C．in brief           D．in detail

9.A．see              B．remember        C．imagine           D．recognize

10.A．up to now         B．1ittle by 1ittle    C．sooner or later      D．one by one

11.A．thinking about     B．staring at         C．holding up        D．fixing on

12.A．stopped          B．continued         C．avoided           D．survived

13.A．deadly           B．dead             C．breathless         D．aimless

14.A．regretfully        B．fortunately        C．particularly        D．hopefully

15.A．surprise          B．delight           C．relief             D．anger

16.A．simple           B．blank            C．colored            D．painted

17.A．consideration     B．expression        C．choice             D．practice

18.A．de1ivered        B．decorated         C．devoted           D．determined

19.A．more than        B．better than        C．other than          D．rather than

20.A．friendly          B．yearly            C．1ively            D．1ikely

 

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　　Can you imagine what life would be like if there were not 　1　？You could not call 　2　 your friends on the phone and talk to them．If fire 　3　 out in your house you could not 　4　 the fire department．If somebody were 　5　，you could not call a 　6　．

　　In our daily life we need to communicate with 　7　．We do this 　8　 by speaking to other people and listening to 　9　 they have to say to us，and when we are 　10　 to them we can do this very 　11　．However，our 　12　 will not travel very far even when we 　13　，and it is thanks to the 　14　 of the telephone that we are 　15　 able to communicate with each other Cleary 　16　 we were in the 　17　 boat．

　　The man who 　18　 this possible was Alexander Graham．a Scotsman．born in Edin-burgh in 1847． Bell，a teacher of visible speech who later moved to Canada．　19　 all his spare time experimenting． 　20　 enthusiastic（热情的）was he in his research for a means for sending speech by electricity that he left little time for his day-to-day work and at one time was almost penniless．

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 ---How did you find the book?

   ---.Great, and also the book review says Shakespeare ________ all his characters in the play vivid and alive.

A. made        B. makes      C. had made      D. has made

 

He often helps his teachers and classmates, and is good at almost all his subjects.       , he is worthy of the honor of Top Students.

  A. What’s more                         B. To our surprise  

 C. However                             D. In general

 

完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各小题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Life is not always smooth. There was a man who had    36    numerous failures in his life. But he said, "One success is    37    for me!"

    When he was five years old, his father died of illness without leaving him any    38    . Since then, his mother worked outside  39   he had to stay at home and take care of his siblings, He learnt cooking since then.

    When he was fourteen, he dropped  40   and began his life of roving.

    When he was eighteen, he married a girl, who,   41   , sold out all his properties and went back to her home several months after their marriage.

    When he was twenty, he    42   his job from electrician to ferry staff to railway worker. All his jobs were   43   for him.

    When he was thirty-five, misfortune again   44   on him. When he was driving across a huge bridge, the steel ropes along the edge of the bridge were broken and he fell into the river with his car. He suffered such severe injuries that he could no longer continue his   45  .

    When he was    46    , he opened a gas station in a town. However, he   47  dispute(争端)because he beat his competitors    48   the billboard hanging problems.

    When he was forty-seven, he   49  his second wife, which had    50    stricken his three children.

    When he was sixty-six, he made a living by   51   his chicken-frying techniques to various restaurants in different places.

    When he was seventy-five, he felt  52  to maintain his company, so he transferred his brand and patent to others. The new owner suggested giving him ten thousand stock shares as part of the purchasing price. But he   53   the suggestion. Later the price of the stocks of the company soared and he lost the chance of being a billionaire.

    When he was eighty-eight, he achieved great success and became well-known to the whole world.

    He was exactly the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Ha Lunde Sandoz. He often said, "People always complain about the bad  54   . Actually it is not bad at all. As long as you are   55  and confident all the time, you will have a good weather every day."

1.A. achieved           B. undergone                     C. tried                                 D. undertook

2. A. great                          B. important             C. valuable              D. enough

3. A. words            B. money                C. property             D. families

4.A. while               B. but                  C. when                 D. so

5. A. in                                 B. out                   C. down                 D. up

6. A. meanwhile         B. moreover             C. however               D. therefore

7.A. started                       B. took                   C. lost                   D. changed

8. A. fit                B. tough                C. unusual               D. adequate

9.A. fell                 B. hit                     C. put                   D. rested

10.A. life            B. major                  C. job                   D. education

11. A. forty          B. thirty-five              C. fifty-three             D. seventy

12.. A. went through    B. came into           C. came about           D. went against

13.A. contributing to    B. judging from             C. owing to               D. leading to

14.A. changed                 B. married               C. missed               D. divorced

15.A. deeply         B. highly                C. generally              D. thickly

16. A. learning         B. promoting             C. developing             D. teaching

17.A. powerless      B. depressed           C. disappointed           D. hopeless

18.. A. turned up               B. turned to             C. turned down           D. turned in

19.. A. difficulties      B. misfortune           C. life                   D. weather

20.. A. hard-working    B. brave              C. cautious              D. optimistic