One of the most common social fears is that we are not good enough. Perhaps you feel you won’t   21  others because they are more confident, successful, intelligent or attractive than you. Such thinking is misguided. The   22  of doing well is accepting yourself as you are.
When I was a student, I kept a diary filled with   23  memories. Some were painful memories from   24  when I felt hurt, confused, lonely and insecure. I   25  pieces of dreams and personal feelings of anger and hatred,   26  things I enjoyed such as magic shops and coin dealers.
Then a terrible thing happened.   27  dinner one night I realized I had left my diary in the cloakroom（衣帽间）outside the campus dining hall.   28  that somebody might read it and find out the truth about me, I   29  back, but it was gone.
Weeks passed, and eventually I gave up hope of ever finding it   30 . A month later, I was 31  up my jacket in the same place when I saw my brown   32  diary, just where I’d left it.
  33  I read through the pages and found that a   34  had written the following, “God bless you. I’m   35  like you, only I   36  keep a diary, and I’m   37  to know there are others like me. I hope things turn out well for you.”
Tears came to my eyes. It had never dawned（开始为人所明白）on me that any one could know my inner feelings and also   38  things just like the way I did.
No matter what you are like, whether you’re rich or poor, brilliant or average, attractive or 39 , there are people like you. Discard（抛弃）your fears of not measuring up（符合期望）, and 40  yourself as you are.

【小题8】

A．Excited B．Puzzled C．Surprised D．Frightened

【小题12】

A．new B．worn C．broken D．similar

【小题19】

A．strong B．pretty C．clear D．plain

完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit（深坑）. All the other frogs  36  the pit. When they saw how  37  the pit was, they told the two frogs that they might be  38 .
The two frogs  39  what the other frogs were saying and  40  to jump up out of the pit with all of their physical strength. The other frogs  41  telling them to stop. Finally, one of the frogs  42  the comments, seriously considering them, and gave up. He  43  down and died.
The other frog continued to jump as  44  as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs shouted at him to stop the  45  and just die. He jumped even harder and finally  46  it out. When he got out, the other frogs said, “Did you not  47  us?” The frog explained to them that he was  48 . He thought they were  49  him the whole time.
This story teaches two lessons: ① There is power of life and death in the  50 . An encouraging word to someone who is  51  can lift them up and help them make it through the day. ② A destructive word to someone who is down can be  52  it takes to kill them. Be  53  of what you say. Speak life to those who cross your path.
The  54  of words is great. It is sometimes hard to understand  55  an encouraging word can go such a long way. Anyone can speak words that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in difficult times.

Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck. I’m not going to say luck, talent, and circumstances don’t come into play because they do .some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence, and that’s just the reality of how life is.

However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical. And, in addition to that, in order to be really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing. To become great at certain things, it’ll require even more time, time that most people won’t put in.

This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don’t enjoy what you do ,it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.

When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success, you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost. It’s sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent, but thinking that way does you no good, and there’s a huge chance that you’re wrong anyway.

Whatever you do, if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out, almost to the point of addiction, and over a long period of time. If you’re not willing to put in the time and work, don’t expect to receive any rewards. Consistent, hard work won’t guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.

31. Paragraph 1 mainly talks about ________.

A. the reasons for success                                B. the meaning of success

C. the standards of success                               D. the importance of success

32. In Paragraph 2,the underlined word that refers to ______.

A. being good at something                             B. setting a practical goal

C. putting in more time                                D. succeeding in life

33. Successful people suggest doing what one loves because ______.

A. work makes one feel pain                        B.one tends to enjoy his work

C.one gives up his work easily                      D.it takes a lot of time to succeed

34. What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

A. Successful people like to show their great skills.

B. People sometimes succeed without luck or talent.

C. People need to achieve success at the cost of life.

D. It helps to think that luck or talent leads to success.

35.What is the main theme of the passage?

A. Having a goal is vital to success.

B. Being good is different from being great.

C. One cannot succeed without time and practice.

D. Luck,talent and family help to achieve success.

I think that sleeping is the most wonderful thing in the world. While 36 I do nothing, but close my eyes, leaving all my work behind. In fact, I __37 _get up early nearly every morning.
My classes begin at 8:00, but the teacher asks us to arrive before 7:15 so we have  38  time to prepare for the class. If you are 39  , you’ll lose one point. And when you reach 10 40 , parents’ visit to school will be a must. Though I think it’s 41 , I still don’t want to lose any points.
One morning, my alarm clock 42 . I woke up with a 43  and found that it was already 7:00. What was worse. I lost six points in a  44 , that is to say, I was late every day that week. My teacher said that he 45  me to be late. My friends joked that my 46   was coming soon. I finally 47   to do something. I bought a new 48  . It sings songs on time,  49  I shut it down.
It’s perfect for a lazy cat like me. The first time I 50  it I successfully got up at 6:00 the next morning. Proud of 51 , I took a deep breath and found that the early morning air is surprisingly  52_. I did some reading, finding that English is really beautiful. I hadn’t realized __53  that the morning is so wonderful.
“Life is 54   a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.” Just as Forrest Gump said, sometimes we should break our  55 . You may find that a new way can change things for the better.

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The story I'm going to tell truly happened in my life.
The other day, I met a man outside the gym who  21  a movie star. He was handsome and smiling. His upper body was muscular and he  22  to be on top of the world.
"How are you?" I  23  with a smile. "I'm doing really well," he replied in a cheerful voice. His enthusiasm and big smile  24  the parking garage.   25  as he walked up, I  26  his long legs were thin and I saw he had a silver cane (手杖). "Why do you need that cane?" I couldn't  27 
thinking he had a minor injury. "I have MS," he answered in a  28  voice too, as his broad smile  29  left his face. Multiple Sclerosis is a very serious disease and often painful. I looked at him from my little red sports car and said, "You  30  it very well. You seem like a happy man  31
the MS. " Without losing a bit of his smile he replied, "I am a happy man," and then added, "I'd be even happier if I had that sports  32  . "
It was ironic (讽刺的). Just  33  we spoke, I'd been sitting in that little sports car, feeling sad about my painful shoulder over the last 11 months although ! was  34  after an operation. Here's a man with a  35  far tougher than mine, but his positive attitude made him feel no  36 
happiness. He went on with his enjoyment of life as usual, which moved me deeply.
It was also a wonderful reminder of that old  37  , "t cried because I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet. "   38  your problems, just keep in  39  that none of us goes through life  40  and like the man with MS, make the most of what you have. Count your blessings.
21．A．stared at                 B．talked about            C．agreed with             D．looked like
22．A．conducted               B．appeared                 C．performed               D．pretended
23．A．questioned              B．advised                   C．complained             D．greeted
24．A．lit up                      B．put up                    C．held up                   D．kept up
25．A．So                         B．And                       C．But                        D．Though
26．A．diagnosed               B．noticed                   C．examined                D．checked
27．A．want                      B．set                          C．wait                       D．help
28．A．cheerful                  B．sad                         C．low                        D．painful
29．A．sometimes                 B．regularly                 C．never                      D．always
30．A．need                       B．handle                    C．demand                  D．deal
31．A．in spite of               B．in return for            C．thanks to                 D．but for
32．A．training                  B．coach                            C．coat                        D．car
33．A．when                      B．until                       C．before                    D．since
34．A．recovering                     B．suffering                 C．repairing                 D．benefiting
35．A．direction                 B．location                  C．situation                 D．position
36．A．fewer                            B．less                        C．further                    D．more
37．A．story                      B．news                      C．saying                    D．lesson
38．A．Whatever                B．However                 C．Whichever              D．Whenever
39．A．head                       B．brain                      C．heart                      D．mind
40．A．completely              B．easily                            C．hardly                    D．lightly