(05·安徽)

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was   36   and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be   37   but a failure.”

After five years of   38   jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the beat   39   that could have happened to me. I   40   ! wanted-to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to   41   that what people said about me was   42 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s   43   it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.”  So I tried hard with my  44   and went to college. My first novel (小说)  45   while I was at college.

After college I taught during the   46   in high schools and attended evening classes at London University,  where I got a    47   in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of  48   that job to write full time   49   I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself —  50   was a working-.class boy who’d   51   school early, now teaching at the university

My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and   52  , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars.   53   what does it mean? I   54   wish all the people that have put me down had  55  : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

36. A. bright                        B. useless              C. simple               D. hopeful

37. A. anything                     B. something          C. everything     D. nothing

38. A. low                           B. poor                  C. good                 D. useful

39 A. support                       B. happiness          C. surprise             D. thing

40. A. admitted                     B. decided             C. planned             D. told

41. A. me                                   B. them                 C. her                   D. it

42. A. wrong                       B. right                  C. stupid               D. faulty

43. A. see                                   B. know                C. understand        D. face

44. A. experiment                 B. practice             C. writing              D. composition

45. A. came on                     B. came in             C. came out           D. came back

46. A. day                            B. night                 C. month               D. year

47. A. graduation                  B. pass                  C. degree               D. success

48. A. giving in                     B. giving back        C. giving out          D. giving up

49. A. while                         B. if                      C. when                D. or

50. A. there                          B. here                  C. it                      D. that

51. A. left                                   B. attended            C. changed            D. graduated

52. A. tired                          B. calm                 C. nervous             D. famous

53. A. And                           B. But                   C. However           D. Well

54. A. just                            B. exactly              C. so                     D. very

55. A. praised                       B. said                   C. answered          D. advised

    

 (05·江苏)

On May 27, 1995, our life was suddenly changed. It happened a few minutes past three,

  36   my husband, Chris, fell from his horse as it  37   over a fence. Chris was paralyzed (瘫痪) from the chest down,   38   to breathe normally. As he was thrown from his horse, we entered into a life of  39   with lots of unexpected challenges( 挑战). We went from the "haves" to the “have-nots". Or so we thought.

        40   what we discovered later were all the gifts that came out of   41   difficulties. We came to learn that something  42   could happen in a disaster . All over the world people

  43   Chris so much that letters and postcards poured in every day. By the end of the third week

in a  44   center in Virginia, about 35,000 pieces of  45   had been received and sorted.

      As   46  , we opened letter after letter. They gave us   47   and became a source of strength for us. We used them to  48   ourselves. I would go to the pile of letters marked with "Funny" if we needed a  49  , or to the "Disabled" box to find advice from people in wheelchairs or  50  in bed living happily and  51  .

      These letters, we realized, had to be shared. And so   52   we offer one of them to you.

Dear Chris,

      My husband and I were so sorry to hear of your  53   accident last week. No doubt your family and your friends are giving you the strength to face this   54   challenge. People everywhere are also giving you best wishes every day and we are among those who are keeping you   55  .

Yours Sincerely,

Nancy Reagan

36.A.since                    B.before                C. when                D.while

37. A. walked                B. climbed             C. pulled                D. jumped

38. A. able                    B. unable               C. suitable             D. unsuitable

39. A. disability             B. possession         C. convenience      D. experience

40. A. So                      B. For                   C. Or                    D. Yet

41. A. sharing               B. separating          C. fearing                     D. exploiting

42. A. terrible                B. similar               C. wonderful         D. practical

43. A. wrote for            B. cared for           C. hoped for          D. sent for

44. A. medical               B. postal                C. experimental      D. mental

45.A. news                   B. paper                C. equipment         D. mail

46. A. patients               B. a family             C. nurses               D. a group

47. A. effect                 B. effort                C. comfort            D. explanation

48. A. encourage           B. express             C. control                     D. treat

49. A. cry                            B. laugh                 C. chat                  D. sigh

50. A. much                  B. never                C. even                 D. seldom

5l. A. bitterly                 B. fairly                 C. weakly              D. successfully

52. A. here                    B. there                 C. therefore           D. forward

53. A. driving                B. flying                C. running             D. riding

54. A. technical             B. different            C. difficult             D. valuable

55. A. nearby                B. close                 C. busy                 D. alive

    

 (05·全国Ⅰ)

One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I ___36___ that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, ___37___ he knew me. The man had a newspaper ___38___ in front of him, which he was ___39___ to read, but I could ___40___ that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my ___41___the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the ___42___ way in which the waiter and I ___43___each other. He seemed even more puzzled as ___44___went on and it became ___45___that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the ___46___. When he came out, he paid his bill and ___47___without another glance in my direction.
   I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had  ___48___. “Well,” he said, “that man was a detective (侦探). He ___49___ you here because he thought you were the man he ___50___. ” “What? ” I said, showing my ___51___. The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I ___52___ say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a ___53___. ” “Well, it’s really ___54___I came to a restaurant where I’m known, ” I said. “___55___, I might have been in trouble. ”
36. A. knew                  B. understood               C. noticed                     D. recognized
37. A. since                  B. even if                      C. though                            D. as if
38. A. flat                     B. open                        C. cut                          D. fixed
39. A. hoping                B. thinking                    C. pretending                D. continuing
40. A. see                     B. find                          C. guess                       D. learn
41. A. menu                  B. bill                           C. paper                       D. food
42. A. direct                  B. familiar                     C. strange                     D. funny
43. A. chatted with        B. looked at                  C. laughed at                 D. talked about
44. A. the waiter            B. time                         C. I                              D. the dinner
45. A. true                    B. hopeful                     C. clear                        D. possible
46. A. restaurant            B. washroom                C. office                       D. kitchen
47. A. left                     B. acted                        C. sat down                  D. calmed down
48. A. wanted               B. tried                         C. ordered                    D. wished
49. A. met                    B. caught                      C. followed                   D. discovered
50. A. was to beat         B. was dealing with       C. was to meet             D. was looking for
51. A. care                    B. surprise                    C. worry                      D. regret
52. A. must                   B. can                          C. need                        D. may
53. A. discovery            B. mistake                    C. decision                   D. fortune
54. A. a pity                  B. natural                      C. a chance                  D. lucky
55. A. Thus                  B. However                  C. Otherwise                D. Therefore

    

 (05·重庆)

Hidden passengers traveling in ships, trams, or even cars can be a terrible trouble — especially when they are insects. As for this, there is a great 36   between human beings; and insects. The former  37  every possible effort to avoid being discovered, while the latter quickly 38  attention to themselves.

We can only show mercy to the  39 man who had to slop his car soon after 40 from a country village to drive to London. Hearing a strange noise from the 41 of the car, he naturally got out to 42 the wheels carefully, but he found nothing wrong, so he 43 his way. Again the noise began, 44 and became even louder. Quickly 45 his head, the man saw what appeared to be a great 46 cloud following the car. When he stopped at a village further on, he was told that a queen bee must be hidden in his car as there were thousands of bees 47 .

On learning this, the man drove away .as quickly as possible. After an hour's 48 driving, he arrived safely in London, where he parked his car outside a 49 and went in- It was not long 50 a customer who had seen him arrive 51 in to inform him that his car was 52 with bees. The poor driver was 53 that the best way should be to call a 54  . In a short time the man arrived. He found the unwelcome passenger hidden near the wheels at the back. of the car. Very thankful to the driver for this 55 gift, the bee-keeper took the queen and her thousands of followers home in a large box.

36. A. connection          B. difference          C. communication         D. similarity

37. A, do                      B. take                  C. make                       D. try

38. A. give                    B. keep                  C. pay                          D. draw

39. A. unfortunate         B. careless             C. unpleasant                D. hopeless

40. A. passing by           B. leaving out         C. setting out                D. getting up

41. A. front                   B. back                 C. left                          D. right

42. A. clean                  B. change                     C. test                          D. examine

43. A. drove                  B. continued          C. pushed                     D. forced

44. A. normally             B. gently                C. actually                    D. immediately

45. A. hiding                                              B. turning

C. shaking                                           D. raising

46. A. black                                              B. beautiful    

C. white                                              D. colorful

47. A. below               B. ahead                  C. nearby                            D. behind

48. A. boring               B. careful                 C. exciting                   D. hard

49. A. hotel                 B. museum              C. hospital                    D. school

50. A. when                B. after                   C. until                         D. before

51. A. broke                B. moved                C. hurried                     D. dropped

52. A. crowded           B. covered               C. filled             D. equipped

53. A. advised             B. required               C. ordered                    D. requested

54. A. bee-keeper     B. policeman            C. waiter                      D. repairman

55. A. unfamiliar     B. unknown              C. unexpected                     D. uncertain

    

 (05·山东)

My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling ___36___, but I always knew he was ___37___. He never criticized us, but used ___38___ to bring out our best. He’d say,” If you pout water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them water, they die. ” I ___39___ as a child I said something ___40___ about somebody, and my father said, “___41___ time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you. ” He explained that if I looked for the best ___42___ people, I would  get the best ___43___. From then on I’ve always tried to ___44___ the principle in my life and later in running

my company.

   Dad’s also always been very ___45___. At 15, I started a magazine. It was ___46___ a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a ___47___: stay

in school or leave to work on my magazine.

   I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, ___48___ any good father would. When he realized I Had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad ___49___ me to go into law. And I’ve ___50___ regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, ___51___ I didn’t pursue my ___52___. You know what you want.

Go fulfill it. ”

   As ___53___ turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national ___54___ for young people in the U. K. My wife and I have two children, and I’ d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad ___55___ me.

36. A. biologist            B. manager                     C. lawyer                  D. gardener

37. A. strict                                                      B.honest              

C.special                                                 D.learned

38. A. praise                                      B.courage            

C. power                                      D. warmth
 39. A. think                   B. imagine           C. remember         D. guess
 40. A. unnecessary       B. unkind                 C. unimportant          D. unusual
 41. A. Another               B.Some                       C. Any                      D. Other
 42. A. on                      B. in                           C. at                        D. about
 43. A. in case                       B. by turns               C. by chance             D. in return
 44. A. revise                B. set                   C. review                 D. follow
 45. A. understanding      B. experienced         C.serious                 D. demanding
 46. A. taking up             B. making up               C. picking up            D. keeping up
 47. A. suggestion           B.decision           C. notice                     D. choice
 48. A. and                   B.as                            C. even if                 D. as if
 49. A. helped              B.allowed              C. persuaded               D. suggested
 50. A. always                       B.never                       C. seldom                   D. almost
 51. A. rather               B.but                          C.for                         D. therefore
 52. A. promise               B.task                   C. belief                      D. dream
 53. A. this                     B.he                           C. it                            D. that
 54. A. newspaper           B. magazine                C. program                 D. project
 55. A. controlled            B. comforted              C. reminded               D. raised