37．A. And　　 B. So　　　 C. But　　 D. Or

36．A. ask　　 B. call　　 C. demand　　　 D. order

35．A. raced　 B. started C. appeared　　 D. existed

34．A. path　　 B. road　　 C. steps　 D. route

33．A. offer　 B. greet　 C. like　　 D. choose

32．A. Cheers　　　 B. Shouts　　　 C. Heads D. Hands

31．A. stretched out　　　 B. reached for C. stuck to　　　 D. handed in

55.　 A．favor　　　 B．award　　　　 C. debt　　 　　　　　　 D．success

答案：36-40 ACBDB　 41-45 BABAC　　 46-50 BACAD　　 51-55 BDDCC

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湖北省黄冈中学10-11学年高二上学期期中考试

On a cold winter day, I waited in line to see my hero, Jack Canfield, the author of The Success Principles.

　　　 During his talk, Jack　 31　 his wallet, pulled out a hundred-dollar bill, and said, “Who wants this?”　 32　 shot up in the audience; people leaned forward to see whom Jack would　 33　 . But I jumped up, ran up the　 34　 to the stage, and grabbed the bill. As I was launching myself in the air, thoughts　 35　 through my mind - was I about to be humiliated (羞辱) in front of 800 people? Would they　 36　 security guards and take me from the stage?　 37　 my desire for brave action was louder than any　 38　 voice.

　　　 As I got the bill from his hand, he said, “That’s it! We can’t wait for the　 39　 to come to us. We must take action to　 40　 what we want!”

　　　 After his talk, I managed to formally meet Jack and bravely asked for his　 41　 email address. Over the next months, I sent him emails　 42　 my vision and dreams with him. He kindly emailed back lots of encouragement. But my life got　 43　 with other things. I stopped e-mailing Jack.

　　　 A year later, my dreams had worn away. I thought Jack would inspire me into action, like a giant　 44　 that would show me the way.

　　　 I emailed him, and then again - but got no 　45　 . As I sat down at my computer to check my emails, I　 46　 woke up. What was I doing? I was waiting! Now I remembered the crowd, most likely　 47　 that hundred-dollar bill, while they sat　 48　 to their chairs.

　　　 Usually we all have a “Jack” for whom we wait - whether it’s a person, a place or a thing. We　　 49　 believe the gifts of life are just around the corner, and that everything will come in a(n)　 50　 way. So we don’t try. We give up. But as Wayne Gretzky said: “You’ll always miss 100% of the opportunities you don’t take!” So I stopped waiting and started my writing career.

　　　 Now what are you waiting for?

54.　 A. suffering　　 B. pleasure　　　 C. quality　　　　　　 D. meaning

53.　 A．true　　 　　　 B．last　　 　　　　 C．most　 　　　　　　 D．first