阅读下面两篇短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I remember the exact moment I learned the principle of preparing for luck.
I was on the wrestling team. Now, if there’s one thing I can tell you about any sport, it is that wrestling is probably the sport that has the least   31  .There are only two people out on the mat, so you cannot   32  it on your teammates or your coach. And guess what? There is no   33    because we do the whole thing indoors, so you can’t say, “It was raining” or “It was snowing.” It makes   34  to say wrestling is the sport with the least luck.
On our team were two world champions; one of them had been a world champion five times. We   35  had five people who were national champions. One of them was a guy   36  the name of John.
John had never been   37  in any high school wrestling competition that I could remember, 38  he was a national champion. There was nobody locally who could touch him.
One day, we   39  a match with our biggest opponent(对手). John went out on the mat, and about a minute and 30 seconds into the match he tried to make a particular   40  He rolled over, and his opponent  41  him halfway through his roll. He waspinned(压住) 42 !
The match was over.
I remember on the way home, one of our teammates tried to  43  John by saying, “Oh, he just got lucky.” John said, “That’s so stupid. The 44  presented itself, and he just took advantage of it.”
We used to have this big   45  in our wrestling room that the coach had put there: “Luck is what happens when opportunity meets   46 .”
John’s opponent was prepared to make use of this opportunity. The possibility of beating John was not   47  and he knew it. But he waited for the  48   opportunity to present itself, and he defeated and pinned a five-time national champion.
In other words, the real  49  is “Be prepared!” It’s not just finding the opportunity; you have to be prepared to   50  it.
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阅读下面两篇短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I remember the exact moment I learned the principle of preparing for luck.

I was on the wrestling team. Now, if there’s one thing I can tell you about any sport, it is that wrestling is probably the sport that has the least   31   .There are only two people out on the mat, so you cannot   32   it on your teammates or your coach. And guess what? There is no   33     because we do the whole thing indoors, so you can’t say, “It was raining” or “It was snowing.” It makes   34  to say wrestling is the sport with the least luck.

On our team were two world champions; one of them had been a world champion five times. We   35   had five people who were national champions. One of them was a guy   36   the name of John.

John had never been   37   in any high school wrestling competition that I could remember, 38   he was a national champion. There was nobody locally who could touch him.

One day, we   39   a match with our biggest opponent (对手). John went out on the mat, and about a minute and 30 seconds into the match he tried to make a particular   40   He rolled over, and his opponent  41   him halfway through his roll. He was pinned (压住) 42  !

The match was over.

I remember on the way home, one of our teammates tried to  43   John by saying, “Oh, he just got lucky.” John said, “That’s so stupid. The 44   presented itself, and he just took advantage of it.”

We used to have this big   45   in our wrestling room that the coach had put there: “Luck is what happens when opportunity meets   46  .”

John’s opponent was prepared to make use of this opportunity. The possibility of beating John was not   47   and he knew it. But he waited for the  48   opportunity to present itself, and he defeated and pinned a five-time national champion.

In other words, the real  49   is “Be prepared!” It’s not just finding the opportunity; you have to be prepared to   50   it.

1..  A. luck                B. risk             C. difficulty           D. opportunity

2..   A. accuse             B. blame            C. doubt                D. keep

3..   A. stress                 B. injury           C. change           D. weather

4..   A. reason             B. sure                 C. safe                 D. sense

5..  . A. also              B. even                 C. too              D. once

6..  A. under               B. for              C. in               D. by

7..   A. hurt                   B. met              C. trained          D. defeated

8..   A. although           B. as               C. yet              D. until

9..   A. went for           B. waited for           C. fought for           D. played for

10..   A. act                   B. step                 C. task             D. move

11..  A. fixed              B. threw                C. caught               D. carried

12..   A. accidentally      B. fortunately          C. unfairly         D. immediately

13..   A. control           B. comfort          C. convince         D. forgive     

14..   A. success           B. moment           C. opportunity      D. situation

15..  A. warning            B. sign                 C. sentence         D. note

16..   A. occasion          B. challenge            C. time             D. preparation

17..   A. obvious           B. strong           C. little               D. slight

18..   A. equal                 B. exact            C. rest                 D. right

19..  A. message            B. theme                C. key              D. suggestion

20..  . A. receive          B. follow           C. seize                D. save

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

My parents have decided to take me to Britain for a visit. I am

excited, _________(希望) to make good use of this opportunity. Firstly,           1._____________

I will talk to native speakers as m         as I can to improve my spoken    

2._____________

English. Secondly, there are many attractions that _________(使感兴趣) me a lot,   3. ______________

among ________ are Big Ben, Tower of London, British Museum, etc. I can’t     

4.______________

wait to visit ________. Besides, football, which is popular in England, is         5.______________

my f       sport. I have been dreaming of watching a live football            

6._____________

match there and now the dream will come t        . My pen friend Alice     

7.______________

lives in London and we have __________(安排) to meet at the weekend. Both of   

8.______________

us are ___________ forward to the meeting. I am sure I will have a good            9.______________

t         whatever I do.                                              

10.______________

完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area.My parents  36   the necessities of life   37   they couldn’t give much more.If I asked my father   38   a pair of jeans,he would say,“If you want them,make the money and buy them  39  .”He wasn’t being mean;he just couldn’t   40   them.From age 12 on,I did part-time jobs after school.
When I   41   from high school,I joined the navy.Soon I was in a boot camp(新兵训练营) at Parris Island,S.C.,where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily   42  .These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock(模拟的) battles.Completing these tasks successfully   43   discipline,team-work and responsibility.It didn’t  44  whether you were black,white or Asian;everyone worked together for the  45   of the company.
I went   46   to graduate from the U.S.Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy.The part of my job I   47   most was the consueling(咨询) meetings I   48   with the family members of the men and women in my   49  ,trying to help them deal with the long periods of   50  .These proved popular and word of them spread.   51   I was being asked to give encouraging   52   to business groups,educators and kids across the country.
But I consider the boot camp my first real  53 ,and my life is still guided by the  54   lessons I learned there.It taught me discipline,friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to   55   it.
36.A.provided              B.got                           C.made                        D.bought
37.A.while                   B.but                           C.so                             D.or
38.A.about                   B.with                          C.for                            D.of
39.A.themselves            B.ourselves                   C.yourself                    D.myself
40.A.pay                      B.find                          C.produce                     D.afford
41.A.came                    B.returned                    C.escaped                     D.graduated
42.A.drills                    B.tasks                         C.exercises                   D.reports
43.A.included               B.asked                        C.required                    D.met
44.A.matter                  B.mean                        C.exist                         D.work
45.A.good                    B.boss                          C.rest                           D.right
46.A.out                       B.on                                   C.away                         D.off
47.A.took                     B.hated                        C.enjoyed                     D.did
48.A.ended                   B.began                        C.continued                  D.held
49.A.charge                  B.situation                    C.position                     D.choice
50.A.lessons                 B.meetings                   C.training                     D.separation
51.A.Long before                                             B.Before long
C.As usual                                                       D.Once again
52.A.performances                                           B.descriptions
C.speeches                                                       D.gifts
53.A.vacation               B.place                         C.job                           D.travel
54.A.important             B.bitter                        C.normal                      D.difficult
55.A.gain                            B.achieve                            C.show                         D.match

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My husband and I sat outside. A small child about three came up the street, accompanied by her mother. As she saw another girl a few feet away, she gave her admiring comment, “Mommy, I like her dress.” Her mom   1 , “Well, why don’t you go and tell her?”
The little girl walked   2  toward the girl wearing the pretty dress. The other one,
  3  the same age, was standing with her   4  turned, alongside her parents. They had not heard the compliment (赞美). Receiving no answer, this little one   5 . My husband said to the other girl, “  6  wants to tell you something.” As she turned around,   7  was made. Once again, the little one   8  “I like your dress,” and upon hearing those words, the other one gave her a big smile and excitedly   9  “Look, it’s a spinning (旋转) dress!”, at which moment she began to spin. Both of them smiled widely.
Now, the one stopped spinning and said, “It’s my favorite dress and I have (a)   10  that match!” She   11  running toward a stroller (婴儿车) parked nearby.
The mom and daughter started to   12  down the street,   13  the encounter (邂逅) had ended. Moments later, the “spinning dress girl” reappeared, shoes in hand,   14  her new friend who had seemingly disappeared. Now, an elderly couple, seated on a bench, had obviously been
  15  of all this. The man   16  the child, saying, “There’s someone coming behind you.” Then we saw one showed and the other   17  the beautiful shoes.
If you can make a   18  better, do it. I have no idea how many others that evening might have   19  this act, hoping to help good things to happen. But such brief moments,
  20  together, make up what might very well be the important times in our lives.