The world always makes way for the dreamer.

When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler. I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler  1   everyone’s spirits up to the ceiling, I  2   there feeling like I could do anything. When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, “Dad, I want to          3    people feel like that.” My father asked me  4   I meant. “I want to be a motivational （激励人的）speaker just like Mr. Zigler,”  I replied．A   5   was born.

Recently, I began seeking my dream of motivating others.  6   a four-year relationship with Fortune 100 Company   7   as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional sales manager, I left the company at the height of my  8  . Many people were  9   that I would leave after earning a six-figure income. And they asked  10   I would risk everything for a dream.

I made my  11   to start my own company and leave my secure（无忧虑的）position after

  12   a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company delivered a  13   that changed my life. He asked us, “If a god would offer you three wishes, what would they be?” After giving us a  14   to write down the three wishes, he then asked us, “Why do you need a   15  ?” I would never forget the power I felt at that moment. I realized that  16   I had accomplished in the past had prepared me for this moment. I was ready and didn’t need a god’s help to become a motivational speaker. A motivational speaker was  17  .

Having made that decision, I was immediately  18  . One week after I gave notice, my husband was laid off from his job, and now we had no  19  . But I held fast to my dream. The wonder really began to happen. In a short time my husband found a better job．And I was able to book several   20   engagements with new customers. I discovered the incredible power of dreams.

1．A．rise                       B．blow                  C．put                      D．raise

2．A．left                       B．came                  C．arrived                 D．slipped

3．A．get                       B．hope                  C．make                   D．cheer

4．A．that                      B．what                  C．which                  D．if

5．A．dream                   B．idea                    C．girl                      D．speaker

6．A．After                    B．Before                C．Because               D．While

7．A．beginning              B．working             C．acting                  D．regarding

8．A．life                       B．love                   C．income                 D．career

9．A．disappointed          B．moved                C．surprised              D．delighted

10．A．when                  B．why                   C．if                         D．how

11．A．plan                    B．promise              C．decision               D．mind

12．A．attending             B．joining                C．entering                D．holding

13．A．newspaper           B．book                  C．report                  D．speech

14．A．day                     B．second               C．week                   D．moment

15．A．help                    B．job                     C．god                      D．company

16．A．everything           B．anything             C．nothing                D．something

17．A．alive                    B．dead                   C．missing                D．born

18．A．examined             B．searched             C．checked               D．tested

19．A．help                    B．harm                  C．income                 D．money

20．A．selling                 B．speaking             C．writing                 D．listening

The world always makes way for the dreamer.
When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler. I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler   1  everyone’s spirits up to the ceiling. I ___2___there feeling like I could do anything. When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, “Dad, I want to  3  people feel like that.” My father asked me   4  I meant. “I want to be a motivational(激发积极性的)speaker just like Mr. Zigler,” I replied.  A（An）  5  was born.
Recently, I began seeking my dream of motivating others. 6  a four-year relationship with Fortune 100 Company   7  as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional(地区的) sales manager, I left the company at the height of my 8 .  Many people were  9  that I would leave after earning a six-figure income(收入). And they wondered__10  I would risk everything for a dream.
I made my   11  to start my own company and leave my worryingless position(职位)after  _12__ a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company made a   13   that changed my life. He asked us, “If a god would offer you three wishes, what would they be?” After giving us a   14  to write down the three wishes, he then asked us, “Why do you need a   15  ?” I would never forget the power I felt at that moment. I realized that   16  I had accomplished in the past had prepared me for this moment. I was ready and didn’t need a god’s help to become a motivational speaker. A motivational speaker was   17  .
Having made that decision, I was immediately   18 ___. One week after I gave notice, my husband was laid off (下岗) from his job, and now we had no  19 . But I held fast to my dream. The wonder really began to happen. In a short time my husband found a better job. And I was able to book several   20  engagements（业务）with new customers. I discovered the unbelievable power of dreams.

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、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。

Once again, I was in a new school. So was a girl in my class named Paris. That’s where the   31 ended.

I was tall and she was small. I was one of the oldest in the class while she was the youngest. I was   32 and shy. She wasn’t. I couldn’t   33 her, considering her my enemy. But she wanted to be friends.

One day, she invited me over and I said yes — I was too   34  to say no. Actually no one has invited me over to play before. But this girl, who wore the latest  35 , wanted to see me.

She lived on the fourth floor in a two-room place with her mother, her stepfather, her two brothers and her sister. When we got to the room she    36 with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies（芭比娃娃）- which was my next  37 . I would have thought she’d outgrown them. I has never played with them. But we sat on the floor of a walk-in cupboard laughing as we  38 crazy stories about the Barbies. That’s   39 we found out that we both wanted to be writers when we were older. We both had wile   40 .

We had a great day that afternoon. Our jaws ached from   41 so much. She showed me her outfits, which had   42  come from a designer clothing store down the block. The woman who owned it used her   43  a model sometimes for her newspaper ads and gave her clothes   44 .

Paris had the whole neighborhood   45 . The bookstore owners lent her fashion magazines, the movie theater gave her free   46  and the pizza place let her have free slices. Soon I was   47 in her magic world. We slept over at each other's houses, spent every free moment together. My dark hair grew out and I learned to love being   48 .

Paris, my first real friend since childhood, helped me   49  the through teenage years and taught me an amazing and very surprising thing about making friends: your “worst enemy” can  50 to be your best friend.

A Narrow Escape

Shortly after the war, my brother and I were invited to spend a few days’ holiday with an uncle who had just returned from abroad. He had rented （租） a cottage in the country, although he hardly spent much time there. We understood the reason for this after our arrival: the cottage had no comfortable furniture in it. Many of the windows were broken and the roof leaked （漏水）, Cwet.

On our first evening, we sat around the fire after supper listening to the stories our uncle told of his many adventures in distant countries. I was so tired after the long train journey that I would have preferred to go to bed; but I could not bear to miss any of my uncle’s exciting stories, He was just in the middle of describing a rather terrifying experience he had once had when there was a loud crash（倒塌声） from the bedroom above, the one where my brother and I were going to sleep.

When we got to the top of the stairs and opened the bedroom door, a strange sight met our eyes. A large part of the ceiling had fallen right on to the pillow（枕头）of my bed.

66. The uncle disliked the rented cottage for the reason that _____.

A. there were no beds in it

B. the windows were broken and the roof leaked

C. it was too old for him to live in

D. it was very rainy in the area

67. On the first evening, the writer was very sleepy, _____.

A. but he did his best not to miss any stories

B. so he had to go to bed early

C. because he was tired of his uncle’s stories

D. and he was gradually falling asleep while listening

68. A narrow escape means ___.

A. A person runs away from a danger through a narrow door.

B. A person escapes a danger by luck.

C. A person escapes a danger easily.

D. A person runs away from a danger easily.

Last Sunday, in my return from a weekend in the country, I took a taxi from Waterloo Station to my home in North London. We hadn’t gone very far  1  we had to stop at one of the many traffic lights. Just as the light was changing to  2  a policeman pulled  3  the door of the taxi, jumped in, shouted to the driver,“   4  that blue car in front. It’s been stolen,” and he sat down on the seat beside me. Then he seemed to see me for the first time for he said quickly but5  ,“Sorry sir, but I’ve got to catch that car.”The taxi driver  6  the speed without saying anything. After a few hundred yards the blue car stopped at  7  traffic light and we drew up8  .The policeman got out, ran round to the driver’s door of the blue car, opened it and  9  the driver out. I couldn’t hear what was said, but after a few minutes the policeman  10  to me and I went up to him. He asked me to help him take the car thief to the nearest  11  .The three of us got into the  12  .We drove off  13  the taxi following. I didn’t like sitting next to the  14  ,who was a young, rather tough-looking man, but I had no  15  .  16  it wasn’t far to the police-station. When we got there the policeman took my name and address, thanked me for my  17  and said I could go. So I got back into my taxi and we drove off again. The taxi-driver said18  that that was the second time in a month he had been  19  to he1p the police, and he  20  it wouldn’t happen again.

1.A.until                      B.because                     C.after                         D.before

2.A.orange                   B.yellow                      C.red                           D.green

3.A.out                        B.up                                   C.open                         D.aside

4.A.Follow                   B.Catch                        C.Knock                       D.Watch

5.A.politely                  B.apologically               C.gently                       D.clearly

6.A.increased                B.kept                          C.slowed                      D.removed

7.A.a                           B.the                            C.another                            D.the other

8.A.off                         B.beside                       C.alongside                   D.away

9.A.brought                  B.tried                         C.pulled                       D.spat

10.A.smiled                  B.came                         C.referred                     D.signed

11.A.car-park                B.police-station       C.traffic-light                D.railway-station

12.A.blue taxi               B.stolen car                  C.passing car                D.first taxi

13.A.with                     B.by                                   C.of                             D.in

14.A.thief                     B.driver                       C.policeman                 D.man

15.A.luck                            B.choice                       C.reason                       D.way

16.A.Finally                 B.Naturally                   C.Fortunately                D.Unfortunately

17.A.deed                     B.action                       C.help                          D.words

18.A.happily                 B.angrily                      C.curiously                   D.proudly

19.A.obliged                 B.seen                          C.begged                      D.allowed

20.A.thought                B.guessed                     C.believed                    D.hoped