Zigfried, a little mouse, blew his breath on the frosty window of the farmhouse and rubbed it to see the outside. Still nobody came. Maybe today, he thought  31 . It was only a few days before Christmas and he was watching for a miracle (奇迹).
This farmhouse had been  32  too long. It needed a family. Zigfried’s  33  made a noise. He realized that he hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday. He jumped from the windowsill (窗沿), grabbed a  34  from his home, and went next door to Farmer Mike’s.
Farmer Mike’s house had been a great place for the little mouse  35  the farmer married a wife who had a cat. Zigfried  36  when he thought of it. He looked around cautiously as he 37  into the room where grain was stored and was quite  38  as he filled his bag with wheat. He was turning to leave when suddenly he  39  a hot breath about his ear. His heart beat  40  , and without thinking he started to run and luckily  41  the cat’s paws (爪子).
The next afternoon Zigfried heard some good news: a  42  family would be moving into the farmhouse soon. Zigfried’s granny would arrive on Christmas Eve to  43 with him. He hoped that the family would come before his granny came. Before long, a car came  44  the road leading to the house, with butter sandwiches, cheese and chocolate.
Zigfried’s Christmas miracle did arrive!
The house came  45  the next few days. Zigfried  46  every single hour of them.  47 , the day before Christmas when he was drinking hot chocolate with a  48  smile at the door of his home, he heard the  49 of the children of the family about what they might get for Christmas. What? A cat? The  50  froze on his face； his mouth fell wide open. After a long while, he at last found his voice: “Hey! Whose Christmas miracle is this?”

How can you make a million dollars in one month? I’m sure I am going to get the   1.  of many readers with this question. The    2.   news is that you are not going to make a million dollars in one month    3.   you win the lottery (彩票) or some prize.

We all want to be millionaires. However, if you try to find out how they become   4.  rich, you will learn that they worked very    5.  for the money. That is what most   6.  have had to do, including Bill Gates and Andrew Carnegie, and they often went   7.  hardships before they succeeded    8.   .

There are many reasons why the millionaires have made it   9.    for themselves. In this article, I am going to    10. passion (热情) which I think is the most    11.   quality to have in order to succeed. I am sure that if one was to   12.   the people who made millions in their lifetime, this would be found in all of them.

Take J.K Rowling for    13.  . Her first Harry Potter was sent to twelve publishing houses, all of which    14.  to publish it. A year later, she was finally given the chance by a small    15. , which paid 15.000. and the  16. from that company was that she should get herself a job since she had little  17.   of making a living by writing children’s books. If you want to make a million dollars, find something that    18.   you really passionate (热情的) and work hard at it. It doesn’t    19.   what it is. Let me know how you    20.   ! 

21.               A．consideration    B．attention       C．surprise   D．happiness

22.               A．disappointing    B．surprising       C．good D．funny

23.               A．if             B．although        C．unless D．when

24.               A．such           B．too            C．this   D．that

25.               A．happily         B．hard           C．long D．less

26.               A．teachers        B．rich           C．millionaires D．poor

27.               A．through        B．back           C．on   D．under

28.               A．at first         B．at last          C．by chance D．on end

29.               A．happen        B．cause          C．change    D．rise

30.               A．refer to        B．object to        C．talk about D．agree with

31.               A．good           B．interesting      C．exciting   D．important

32.               A．discuss         B．like            C．study D．visit

33.               A．granted        B．experiment     C．example   D．experience

34.               A．refused        B．agreed         C．promised  D．loved

35.               A．school         B．factory         C．bank  D．publisher

36.               A．praise          B．word           C．comment  D．advice

37.               A．chance         B．time           C．dollar D．energy

38.               A．makes         B．matter         C．drives D．forces

39.               A．care           B．matter         C．work D．tell

40.               A．begin          B．finish          C．go   D．understand

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s   36  filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so   37   that I decided to write an article about her.

I   38   Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk her career. She   39   and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I   40   I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.

I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there   41  , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that   42   Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The   43   was almost unbearable. I struggled for days   44   draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

It didn’t take long. My manuscript   45  . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I   46   in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t   47   the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

Five years later, I was moving to California. While   48   my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in   49  :

Dear Ms Profit,

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some   50   materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to   51   your story soon.

Shocked, it took me a long time to   52  . Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of   53   writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this   54  , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t   55   to doubt yourself.

36．A．joy    B．voice C．speech      D．smile

37．A．proud       B．active       C．satisfied    D．moved

38．A．visited      B．emailed    C．phoned     D．interviewed

39．A．agreed      B．refused     C．hesitated   D．paused

40．A．replied     B．discovered       C．explained  D．knew

41．A．seriously   B．patiently   C．nervously  D．quietly

42．A．blaming    B．fooling     C．inviting    D．urging

43．A．hardship   B．failure      C．comment  D．pressure

44．A．with  B．by     C．on     D．in

45．A．disappeared      B．returned    C．spread      D．improved

46．A．compare   B．struggle    C．survive     D．compete

47．A．ignore      B．deliver      C．face   D．receive

48．A．decorating       B．repairing   C．cleaning    D．leaving

49．A．disbelief   B．anxiety     C．horror      D．trouble

50．A．subjective B．relevant    C．private      D．reliable

51．A．broadcast  B．create       C．publish     D．assess

52．A．recover     B．prepare     C．escape      D．concentrate

53．A．energetic  B．endless     C．typical      D．enjoyable

54．A．experience       B．success     C．benefit      D．accident

55．A．attempt     B．afford       C．expect      D．pretend

Zigfried, a little mouse, blew his breath on the frosty window of the farmhouse and rubbed it to see the outside. Still nobody came. Maybe today, he thought  31 . It was only a few days before Christmas and he was watching for a miracle (奇迹).

This farmhouse had been  32  too long. It needed a family. Zigfried’s  33  made a noise. He realized that he hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday. He jumped from the windowsill (窗沿), grabbed a  34  from his home, and went next door to Farmer Mike’s.

Farmer Mike’s house had been a great place for the little mouse  35  the farmer married a wife who had a cat. Zigfried  36  when he thought of it. He looked around cautiously as he 37  into the room where grain was stored and was quite  38  as he filled his bag with wheat. He was turning to leave when suddenly he  39  a hot breath about his ear. His heart beat  40  , and without thinking he started to run and luckily  41  the cat’s paws (爪子).

The next afternoon Zigfried heard some good news: a  42  family would be moving into the farmhouse soon. Zigfried’s granny would arrive on Christmas Eve to  43 with him. He hoped that the family would come before his granny came. Before long, a car came  44  the road leading to the house, with butter sandwiches, cheese and chocolate.

Zigfried’s Christmas miracle did arrive!

The house came  45  the next few days. Zigfried  46  every single hour of them.  47 , the day before Christmas when he was drinking hot chocolate with a  48  smile at the door of his home, he heard the  49 of the children of the family about what they might get for Christmas. What? A cat? The  50  froze on his face； his mouth fell wide open. After a long while, he at last found his voice: “Hey! Whose Christmas miracle is this?”

1.                A．carefully        B．excitedly        C．hopefully D．proudly

2.                A．shabby         B．noisy           C．messy    D．empty

3.                A．mouth          B．nose           C．stomach D．throat

4.                A．bag            B．stick           C．bowl     D．coat

5.                A．although        B．until           C．whereas D．unless

6.                A．leapt           B．sniffed         C．trembled D．withdrew

7.                A．broke          B．marched        C．paced    D．stole

8.                A．curious         B．nervous         C．pitiful    D．sensible

9.                A．took           B．released        C．felt D．drew

10.               A．strongly        B．irregularly       C．slowly     D．wildly

11.               A．escaped        B．seized          C．rubbed    D．scratched

12.               A．close          B．happy          C．new D．young

13.               A．celebrate       B．communicate    C．compete  D．compromise

14.               A．across          B．from           C．off   D．up

15.               A．alive           B．loose          C．open D．still

16.               A．counted        B．enjoyed        C．missed    D．wasted

17.               A．However       B．Instead         C．Moreover D．Therefore

18.               A．bitter          B．forced         C．polite     D．satisfied

19.               A．introduction     B．discussion       C．comment D．debate

20.               A．blood          B．smile           C．tear D．sweat

How can you make a million dollars in one month? I’m sure I am going to get the ____41____ of many readers with the question. The ____42____ news is that you are not going to make a million dollars in one month ____43____ you win the lottery (彩票) or some other prize.

We all want to be millionaires. However, if you try to ____44____ how they became that rich, you will learn that they worked very ____45____ for the money. That is what most ____46____ have had to do, including Bill Gates and Andrew Carnegie, and they often went ____47____ hardships before they succeeded ____48____.

There are many reasons why the millionaires have made it ____49____ for themselves. In this article, I am going to ____50____ passion (热情) which I think is the most ____51____ quality to have in order to succeed. I am sure that if one were to ____52____ the people who made millions in their lifetime, this would be found in all of them.

Take J.K. Rowling for ____53____. Her first Harry Potter book was sent to twelve publishing houses, all of which ____54____ to publish it. A year later, she was finally given the chance by a small ____55____, which paid ￡1,500. And the ____56____ from that company was that she should get herself a job since she had little ____57____ of making a living by writing children’s books.

If you want to make a million dollars, find something that ____58____ you really passionate and work hard at it. It doesn’t ____59____ what it is. Let me know how you ____60____.

1.                A．attention       B．discussion       C．consideration  D．excitement

2.                A．common        B．funny          C．disappointing  D．surprising

3.                A．if             B．unless          C．since D．though

4.                A．find out        B．think up        C．bring up  D．care about

5.                A．long           B．wisely          C．hard D．happily

6.                A．millionaires      B．people         C．leaders   D．businessmen

7.                A．around         B．under          C．through  D．near

8.                A．as well         B．at last          C．on purpose    D．by chance

9.                A．appear         B．complete       C．change   D．happen

10.               A．talk about       B．show off        C．pick out   D．carry out

11.               A．interesting      B．important       C．unforgettable   D．beautiful

12.               A．serve          B．visit           C．marry D．study

13.               A．agreement      B．experience      C．example   D．experiment

14.               A．promised       B．struggled       C．refused   D．tried

15.               A．office          B．publisher       C．factory    D．school

16.               A．advice         B．praise          C．comment  D．celebration

17.               A．interest        B．energy         C．time  D．chance

18.               A．reminds        B．drives          C．forces D．makes

19.               A．matter         B．say            C．mean D．care

20.               A．understand     B．plan           C．go   D．behave