Once upon a time, there were two men. One was hard-working and had a lot of  36  and perseverance (毅力), while the other was  37_ and never did any work. One night, they decided to have a competition between them. The contest was simple: the   38 _person to see daylight would be the winner, and the winner would__ 39_a prize. Both men agree to do it, and the competition started.

The hard-working man immediately_ 40   and ran towards the west after the sun, while the lazy man just sat there and_ 41__ . The hard-working man, looking at the competitor, _42__ at his foolishness and kept going at his quick pace. Running through the jungles, swimming   43 _the rivers and seas, and he kept running and running,  __44__ that he would reach his goal sooner or later. Meanwhile, the lazy man was still sleeping.

The hard-working man had been   45_ for 6 hours already, and he was surprised that he still had not   46__  daylight. Thinking it would be just around the corner, he  47_ on running until he finally came back to where he started, 24 hours  48 _. Upon arriving, he saw the lazy man seated there, smiling and waiting for him, holding the  49  he earned.

The hard-working man was   50  how this lazy man could earn it—he hadn't done anything at all! Then the lazy man said," You are  51  a persevering and patient man, but you were running towards the  52  , running after the sun that kept moving away from your_ 53__ whereas I just waited for the sun to come to me. You were lucky. If I had decided to  54  you and not to tell you, you would be continuing this pursuit (追赶_{高@考☆资&源*网}) till your death." The hard-working man knew in his heart that the lazy man was right.

Sometimes, perseverance can__ 55_ you from the truth that what you are doing is wrong.

A. hobbies              B. ideas                C. patience                D. money

A. lazy                  B. patient              C. kind-hearted             D. hard-working

A. last                   B. first                  C. second                D. only

A. accept                  B. keep                 C. win                  D. defeat

A. set in                  B. set aside            C. set up                  D. set out

A. worked                B. drank                C. slept                   D. played

A. laughed                 B. glared               C. stared                  D. looked

A. across                  B. through             C. over                   D. past

A. representing             B. believing           C. emphasizing           D. complaining

A. swimming            B. jumping            C. resting                 D. running

A. admired              B. invented            C. found                  D. realized

A. commented           B. carried                     C. figured               D. depended

A. before              B. later                  C. next                  D. further

A. money             B. medal               C. prize                 D. gold

A. believing             B. recognizing              C. discussing               D. wondering

A. true                 B. indeed               C. certain                 D. hardly

A. west                  B. east                   C. north                 D. south

A. ears                   B. hands          C. sight                        D. mind     

A. hide from             B. learn from      C. keep from             D. come from   

A. make                  B. let             C. blind                      D. protect  

单词拼写, 首字母已给出 （每小题1分，共10分）

1.We s________(遭受) huge losses in the earthquake.

2.I’m c_________(担心) that they may have got lost.

3.The boy refused to follow my a_______(建议) and did what he wanted to.

4.The worker i_______(忽视) his own danger and jumped into the river to save the boy.

5.The news quite u______(使心烦意乱) him.

6.Are you sure he is a n        (本地的) here not a visitor ?

7.Though I haven’t met him for many years, I could r_________(认出) him immediately when I saw him in the crowd.

8.His story is b       (以…为基础) on his own experience.

9.He didn’t stop in Hong Kong and flew s          (径直) to London.

10.The ship sailed and we set out on a long v           (航海).

单词拼写, 首字母已给出 （每小题1分，共10分）
【小题1】We s________(遭受) huge losses in the earthquake.
【小题2】I’m c_________(担心) that they may have got lost.
【小题3】The boy refused to follow my a_______(建议) and did what he wanted to.
【小题4】The worker i_______(忽视) his own danger and jumped into the river to save the boy.
【小题5】The news quite u______(使心烦意乱) him.
【小题6】Are you sure he is a n        (本地的) here not a visitor ?
【小题7】Though I haven’t met him for many years, I could r_________(认出) him immediately when I saw him in the crowd.
【小题8】His story is b       (以…为基础) on his own experience.
【小题9】He didn’t stop in Hong Kong and flew s          (径直) to London.
【小题10】The ship sailed and we set out on a long v           (航海).

 (四川省南充高中2010届高三第三次月考)

Sometimes, you feel as if you’re on top of the world and all the questions on your math test might seem  21 . But at times you feel horrible, and you  22  things and you cannot focus on your schoolwork..

For more than 20 years, scientists have  23  that high self-respect is the key to success. Kids who feel good about themselves, said scientists, do  24  school and have fewer emotional and behavioural problems than kids who have a low  25  of themselves.

Now, new research shows that focusing just on building self-respect may not be  26 . In some cases, having high self-respect can  27  bad results if it makes you  28  likeable or more upset when you fail at something.

“ 29  about self-respect,” says Jennifer Crocker, a psychologist at the University of Michigan, US. “It’s not the  30  thing.” Crocker’s advice may sound a bit strange  31  it is good to feel good about yourself.

32  show that people with high self-respect are less likely to be depressed, anxious, shy, or lonely than those with low self-respect. But, after  33  about 18,000 studies on self-respect, Roy Baumeister, a psychologist at Florida State University, has found that building up your self-respect will not  34  make you a better person.

He  35  that violent and wicked people often have the highest self-respect of all. He also said, “ 36  no evidence that kids with high self-respect do better in school.”

Researchers say it is best to listen to and support other people.  37 to create or build something. Find positive ways to contribute to society.  38  you fail at something, try to learn from the  39 . “The best therapy(药方)is to recognize your  40 ,” Vohs says.

“It’s OK to say, ‘I’m not so good at that,’ and then move on.”

21．A．interesting         B．tiring                  C．hard                  D．easy

22．A．lose                 B．gain                 C．test                  D．touch

23．A．described          B．explained          C．suggested          D．discovered

24．A．well with           B．better in            C．best at               D．badly for

25．A．opinion              B．plan                 C．thought             D．advice

26．A．valuable           B．useless             C．meaningful        D．helpful

27．A．form                B．take                 C．give                   D．bring

28．A．most                B．more                C．less                   D．far

29．A．Forget             B．Talk                 C．Bring                 D．Care

30．A．important           B．possible            C．difficult             D．fortunate

31．A．even if             B．but                  C．while                D．although

32．A．Experiences        B．Studies             C．Results              D．Actions

33．A．worrying          B．teaching            C．reviewing          D．talking

34．A．conveniently       B．strangely           C．practically         D．necessarily

35．A．intends             B．insists              C．prefers              D．believes

36．A．There’s            B．It’s                  C．What’s              D．He’s

37．A．Try out            B．Set out              C．Start out            D．Give out

38．A．Unless             B．While               C．If                     D．Now that

39．A．research           B．result               C．behaviour           D．experience

40．A．faults               B．advantages        C．ways                D．evidences

（2010·浙江瑞安中学高三10月月考）     37. He ________ to paint the whole house early this morning, but has only finished the front part of it so far.

 A. set about         B. set off C. set up  D. set out