Two runners stand side by side at the starting line of a race．  36    look very strong and fast．  37  one runner speeds ahead and wins the race．The other __38__．

Some athletes can reach great   39   such as winning an Olympic gold medal．Others never live up to their  40  ．What kind of preparation before a race or before other kinds of events makes the   41  ?    

Everyone knows that athletes try to   42   their bodies．But research shows that strengthening the mind may be just as   43  ．Careful study indicates that the best athletes win  44   because they think they can win．

Positive thoughts seem to provide the edge for   45   in sports．People who say "I know I can do this" to themselves over and over   46   find that they have the advantage to win．On the other hand, people who think "I can't win" often   47  ．

One procedure that helps many athletes is creating   48   in their mind．They are told to think of each jump they must make to   49  ．Some use pictures that are more fanciful．One skater liked to think about a star bursting inside her,  50   her with energy．Another athlete who wanted to feel   51   pictured himself as a bird floating in the air．

Next time you want to do something well．try training your   52   to help you．Perhaps a teacher or other instructors can   53   you plan your training．If you imagine yourself doing better, you may soon see improvements in   54   you really can do．Positive thinking and pictures   55   in your mind can help you win!

1. A．Neither           B．All              C．Each             D．Both

2.A．But        B．So                       C．Or               D．And．

3.A．falls down         B．leaves behind                        C．leaves alone      D．falls behind

4.A．prizes       B．goals                  C．medals                   D．places

5.A．promise      B．name                   C．level                    D．ability

6.A．progress           B．mistake          C．achievement              D．difference

7.A．determine    B．expand                C．strengthen                D．extend

8.A．possible           B．interesting                          C．difficult          D．important

9.A．partly             B．entirely         C．completely       D．mostly

10.A．failure           B．luck             C．success          D．competition

11.A．often        B．never                 C．hardly                   D．rarely

12.A．fail              B．succeed         C．understand               D．expect

13.A．ideas             B．thoughts        C．wonders          D．pictures

14.A．fail              B．run              C．win              D．go

15.A．giving            B．helping                              C．taking           D．tiring

16.A．encouraged    B．calm           C．excited          D．anxious

17.A．mind         B．body           C．brain           D．imagination

18.A．help        B．advise                 C．allow                    D．persuade

19.A．which             B．that             C．what            D．how

20.A．made              B．hung             C．discovered               D．created

Last year , my daughter was diagnosed with leukemia(白血病).

It is still hard to write that word.   16    is even harder to say it out loud, because it feels like that will make it more real. Although I wish I could either change the diagnosis   17

deny it altogether, this is what we’re facing. Every time we think about what her tiny body is doing to her, it   18   (break) our heart a little bit more. This is my worst nightmare.

But my husband and I are saying many thanks to God that her disease is the  19  (much)

common form of all the childhood blood cancers, which comes with an 85~90% cure rate. We believe that she is in that 90%, but we know there’s still a long road ahead   20   us.

   21   (thank), she’s not in any pain, other than a little soreness from a recent procedure. And since she’s 4, she doesn’t quite understand   22    is happening at all. She is in good spirits,    23     helps us cope more than we realized it would. It also helps that she is in such    24    great hospital, specifically for children. They have done a great job, saving my daughter’s life and    25   (make) us go through the hard time as well.

EBay will launch an online group gift-buying service today designed to make it easier for several people to chip in, buy and pay for gifts using their social-network and e-mail contacts．

EBay North America Vice President Christopher Payne says it is going to be a major step forward in social commerce, which is the still-small practice of selling products through social networks．Online retail experts aren't as certain, but eBay says the new tool makes it easier for friends and relatives to chip in （凑钱） for gifts because it eliminates the headache of collecting contributions．It can also be used for family members to pitch in to buy, say, an expensive child seat for a mother．

Anything on eBay that's available immediately, rather than up for bid, can be purchased this way starting today at groupgifts．eBay．com．If members of an extended family wanted to buy a gift for one member, one person would choose a gift — or have one recommended by eBay — and invite family members to chip in using Facebook or e-mail．Those who wanted to join in would choose an amount to contribute （or agree to pay a requested amount） and pay using either PayPal or a credit card．They could also add a personal note．

If enough people don't chip in, the organizer can ask people to contribute more or choose a less expensive gift．

"I see myself using this most in cases when I typically might not buy someone what they want because of price," says Nitzan Shaer of Boston, who was part of an online test of the site．

EBay, with its 200 million products, millions of sellers and mobile commerce proficiency, is a logical place to pull together the products, groups of buyers and payment tools, Payne says．

At least 12 sites, such as FrumUs．com and eDivvy．com, facilitate （便于,利于） group purchases but don't sell products．Although a handful of retailers, including Victoria's Secret and 1-800-Flowers, sell products through Facebook, Payne says he expects social commerce will take off as rapidly as shopping using mobile devices．EBay did more than $600 million in sales on mobile devices last year and expects mobile sales to increase to $1．5 billion this year．

Although one in five consumers surveyed said they'd used Facebook for shopping in the past year, 88% said they would not be buying holiday gifts through a social network, mobile phone or smartphone．Of these, 26% were reluctant because of security or privacy concerns, and 20% were unclear about the benefits of using phones or Facebook to shop．

1.What procedure should be followed if your extended family intends to buy your grandpa an 80^th birthday gift?

①Asking family members to contribute more money if enough members don’t chip in

②Choosing a gift at groupgifts．eBay．com

③Paying using PayPal or a credit card

④Contributing or agreeing to pay a requested amount of money via Facebook or e-mail

2.Where can we most probably read this text?

3.What does “it” mean in the 2^nd paragraph?

4.It can be inferred from the text that ______．

请根据汉语意思或英文首字母填写单词。

71. Studies show people are more __________ (可能的)to suffer from back problems if they always sit before computers.

72. The m_________ of us voted for Mr.Red, who then became chairman of the committee.

73. The vice president indicated that all a______ for the post should have a master’s degree.

74. Dust will ____________(堆积) in a deserted house.

75. He was c______ down when the procedure he had used to produce a mammal clone ended in failure.

76. Some countries began to reform their legal systems and _______ (禁止) research into human cloning.

77. Every time I returned after an ________ (缺席), I felt stupid because I was behind the others.

78. What a sweet victory to be _______ (嫉妒) by those women.

79. Sit o_______ the street and watch the parade go by.

80. The chemist a________ the coffee and found it contained poison.