Have you ever tried to draw a straight line, only to find it turns out all wrong? Or, wanted to show   36  at a party but the song you’d practised so many times suddenly   37  more difficult?

I've had both these   38 .As a Senior 3 student, I have to   39  many exams. Each time I enter one thinking “I   40  fail this time.” , I get a low mark.

But don't be surprised --- it's not   41  we don't try, or do enough preparation, or take it   42 . On the contrary, it is because we put ourselves under too much   43 . It is thinking ‘I must…’ that makes us taste the terrible flavor of   44 .

We often   45  to our friends, “Don't be too hard   46  yourself!”. But when we   47  our own goals, we may not listen to our own advice.

In doing so, we are making our path to success increasingly difficult.

So why not   48  this crazy pursuit(追求) to get the best? Just face the problem   49  before you with a calm mind, enjoy the hard work and you will succeed.

In my opinion,   50  a calm state of mind is a skill for life. For people who want to succeed,   51  this is a very important lesson.

So   52  time when you're trying to draw a straight line or   53  a performance, tell yourself, “If I can just do it better than last time, it's a   54 . ”

Keep a calm state of mind, and you will be happy   55  you succeed or fail.

1.                A．up            B．off             C．out  D．in

 

2.                A．assumes        B．appears         C．listens    D．becomes

 

3.                A．experiences     B．chances        C．times D．reviews

 

4.                A．finish          B．measure        C．take D．join

 

5.                A．shouldn't       B．may            C．can't D．haven't

 

6.                A．why           B．since           C．when D．because

 

7.                A．necessarily      B．seriously        C．personally D．sharply

 

8.                A．care           B．power          C．pressure  D．attention

 

9.                A．exams          B．difficulty        C．marks    D．failure

 

10.               A．say            B．speak          C．tell   D．talk

 

11.               A．off            B．on            C．to    D．for

 

12.               A．share          B．achieve        C．weigh D．set

 

13.               A．throw away      B．get away        C．take away  D．let away

 

14.               A．waiting         B．sitting          C．lying  D．laying

 

15.               A．staying         B．keeping        C．remaining  D．making

 

16.               A．trying          B．realizing        C．using D．training

 

17.               A．last            B．what           C．next  D．high

 

18.               A．put on         B．play on         C．give on    D．show on

 

19.               A．success        B．task           C．lesson D．trial

 

20.               A．if             B．either          C．neither    D．whether

 

 

–Have you heard that Tom has passed his driving test?

–Oh! That’s great of him! I’ll go and _____ him _____ that.

A． congratulate; for	B． admire; for on
C． admire; on	D． congratulate; on

 

阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上（请注意问题后的字数要求）。

   [1] Have you ever had the wish to live another 100 years or more? Experts say that scientific advances will some day enable us to live tens of years longer than what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life span.

   [2] “I guess we are knocking at the door of living longer,” said Michael Zey, a Montclair State University business professor and author of two books on the future. "I think by 2075 we will            _________________ and that’s a conservative estimate (保守的估计)."

[3]At the conference in San Francisco, Donald Louris, a professor at New Jersey Medical School in Newark said advances in using genes as well as nanotechnology (纳米技术) make it likely that humans will live in the future beyond what has been possible in the past. "There is a great push so that people can live from 120 to 180 years," he said.

   [4]However, many scientists who specialize in ageing are doubtful about it and say the human body is just not designed to live past about 120 years. Even with healthier lifestyles and less disease, they say failure of the brain and organs will finally lead all humans to death.

   [5]Scientists also differ on what kind of life the super aged might live. "It remains to be seen if you pass 120, you know; could you be healthy enough to have a good quality of life?" said Leonard Poon, director of the University of Georgia Gerontology Centre. "At present people who could get to that point are not in good health at all."

1. What is the main idea of the passage? (no more than 10 words)

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2. Please fill in the blanks in the second paragraph with proper words. (no more than 5 words)

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3. According to Donald Louris, what will enable humans to live longer? (no more than 8 words)

_____________________________________________________________________

4. What does the word “it” (Line1,Paragraph4)probably refer to? (no more than 10 words)

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5. What did Leonard Poon worry about? (no more than 15 words)

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Twenty-first century humanity has mapped oceans and mountains, visited the moon, and surveyed the planets. But for all the progress, people still don’t know one another very well.

That brings about Theodore Zeldin’s “feast of conversation”－events where individuals pair with persons they don’t know for three hours of guided talk designed to get the past “Where are you from?”

Mr. Zeldin, an Oxford University professor, heads Oxford Muse, a 10-year-old foundation based on the idea that what people need is not more information, but more inspiration and encouragement.

The “feast” in London looks not at politics or events, but at how people have felt about work, relations among the sexes, hopes and fears, enemies and authority, the shape of their lives. The “menu of conversation” includes topics like “How have your priorities(优先考虑的事) changed over the years?” Or, “What have you rebelled against the past?”

As participants gathered, Zeldin opened with a speech: that despite instant communications in a globalized age, issues of human heart remain. Many people are lonely, or in routines that discourage knowing the depth of one another. “We are trapped in shallow conversations and the whole point now is to think, which is sometimes painful,” he says. “But thinking interaction is what separates us from other species, except maybe dogs…who do have generations of human interactions.”

The main rules of the “feast”: Don’t pair with someone you know or ask questions you would not answer. The only awkward moment came when the multi-racial crowd of young adults to seniors, in sun hats, ties and dresses, looked to see whom they would be ‘intimate’ with for hours. But 15 minutes later, everyone was seated and talking, continuing full force until organizers interrupted them 180 minutes later.

“It’s encouraging to see the world is not just a place of oppression and distance from each other,” Zeldin summed up. “What we did is not ordinary, but it can’t be madder than the world already is.”

Some said they felt “liberated” to talk on sensitive topics. Thirty-something Peter, from East London, said that “it might take weeks or months to get to the level of interaction we suddenly opened up.”

1.What can the “conversations” be best described as?

A．Deep and one-on-one.                   B．Sensitive and mad.

C．Instant and inspiring.                     D．Ordinary and encouraging.

2.In a “feast of conversations”, participants ______.

A．pair freely with anyone they like

B．have a guided talk for a set of period of time

C．ask questions they themselves would not answer

D．wear clothes reflecting multi-racial features.

3.In paragraph 6, “they would be ‘intimate’” is closest in meaning to “______”.

A．they would have physical contact           B．they would have in-depth talk

C．they would be close friends               D．they would exchange basic information

4.From the passage, we can conclude that what Zeldin does is ______.

A．an attempt to promote thinking interaction

B．one of the maddest activities ever conducted

C．a try to liberate people from old-fashioned ideas

D．an effort to give people a chance of talking freely

 

The students at Sandy’s high school were badly shaken by the news that a classmate had  36 himself. The suicide note read: “It’s hard to  37 when nobody cares if you die.”

Glen, a teacher, realized this was a  38 moment about the importance of making people feel

39 . He asked his class to imagine they were about to  40  and to write a note “telling someone how and why you  41 him or her.”

Sandy, who had a  42  relationship with her mother, decided to write her  43 . Her letter read: “We’ve had some  44 times and I haven’t always been a very good 45 ,but I know I’m lucky to have you in my life. You’re the  46 person I’ve ever known, And even when I disagree with you, I never  47 you love me and want what’s best for me. Thanks for not  48 up on me”.

When her mom read the note, she cried and hugged Sandy  49 but said little.

The next morning, Sandy found a  50  on her mirror: “Dearest Sandy, I want you to know being your mother is ,by far, the most important thing in my life.  51 I got your note, I thought I had lost your love and  52 . I felt like such a failure. I intended to  53 it all last night. Your note saved my  54 .”

Be careful not to underestimate the  55 of expressed appreciation. It won’t always save a life, but it will always make someone’s life better.

1.          

A．sacrificed

B．defeated

C．abandoned

D．killed

2.          

A．live

B．imagine

C．struggle

D．think

3.          

A．sad

B．final

C．teachable

D．great

4.          

A．ashamed

B．valued

C．excited

D．scared

5.          

A．die

B．fail

C．retire

D．survive

6.          

A．miss

B．hate

C．admire

D．appreciate

7.          

A．close

B．casual

C．bad

D．personal

8.          

A．classmate

B．mom

C．father

D．teacher

9.          

A．free

B．delightful

C．pleasant

D．rough

10.      

A．daughter

B．student

C．friend

D．trainer

11.      

A．best

B．wisest

C．luckiest

D．gentlest

12.      

A．trust

B．doubt

C．consider

D．predict

13.      

A．taking

B．going

C．giving

D．looking

14.      

A．coldly

B．hesitantly

C．shyly

D．tightly

15.      

A．note

B．gift

C．notice

D．reminder

16.      

A．Since

B．Until

C．though

D．When

17.      

A．confidence

B．courage

C．respect

D．heart

18.      

A．end

B．make

C．get

D．fall

19.      

A．life

B．time

C．money

D．honor

20.      

A．push

B．price

C．meaning

D．power