John loved basketball. One day, as he was walking to a basketball game, he dreamed about playing basketball for the college team the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters  (31) .

    John woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his college basketball  (32)  was over. John did what the doctors told him, but it (33) .When he left the hospital, John was sent to a rehab center(康复中心).

A week  (34)  he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coach（教练）.His legs were badly hurt in a skating accident.

    Though he couldn't move his legs, Sunny became the coach of a basketball team called the Suns. It was an on-wheelchair basketball team, because  (35)  on the team played from a wheelchair. Sunny invited John to  (36)  the game. John played badly, but for the  (37) time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself.

    After becoming a part of the Suns, John improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. John was much  (38)  than before. When John became unhappy, Sunny was there to comfort him. The day before John  (39)   the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he could be so happy even with his broken legs.

    Sunny  (40)  and said, "It's really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadows will fall behind."

1. A. away        B. from      C. out          D. in

2.A. game        B. dream     C. team         D. coach

3. A. worked      B. affected    C. didn't work    D. didn't affect

4. A. until        B. when       C. before       D. later

5. A. somebody    B. anybody    C. everybody    D. nobody

6. A. join         B. show       C. study        D. watch

7.A. next         B. last        C. first         D. early

8.A. worse       B. better       C. busier        D. smarter

9.A. arrived      B. got to       C. went to       D. left

10.A. smiled      B. shouted      C. cried         D. turned

 

   Once there was a rich man in a village .  He never gave anything to help others.  The  31   didn't like him . One day he said to them . “ I know you don't like me . I will give everything I have to you  32  I die. Then everyone will be happy. ”
     But nobody believed him . The rich man couldn't  33  why they didn't believe him. One day he went for a  34  by the lake . Under a tree he happened to hear a pig and a cow  35 .
     The pig said to the cow , “ why everybody likes you and nobody likes me?  After I die,  I 36  people with pork , ham , etc . I give three or four things to them. But you give only one thing  37  . Why do people like you all the time and not me. ”
     The cow said  “ Look , I give them milk while I'm 38  . They see that I am generous(慷慨的)with what I  39 .  But you don't give them anything before you die .  You give them ham, pork and so on only after you're dead. People don't believe in the future; they believe in the  40 .  If you give while you are living ,  people will like you.It is quite simple. ”
     From that moment on , the rich man did all his best to helo the poor .

31.	A.strangers	B.villagers	C.officers	D.workers
32.	A.when	B.because	C.since	D.until
33.	A.ask	B.remember	C.discover	D.understand
34.	A.walk	B.meal	C.visit	D.help
35.	A.fighting	B.shouting	C.talking	D.joking
36.	A.feed	B.provide	C.bring	D.help
37.	A.milk	B.ham	C.pork	D.beef
38.	A.happy	B.afraid	C.alive	D.lonely
39.	A.eat	B.drink	C.like	D.have
40.	A.past	B.present	C.rich	D.poor

One spring morning a rich man went to the bank. Next to the bank was a beautiful park with a small pond in it. _31___ he went home, he walked in the park. He was very troubled to see that the park was very __32__. There was trash everywhere.

Suddenly, something caught his eye. He saw a child throw a plastic ___33_ into the pond. He was very sad to see this.

The man had an idea. He ___34_ up a dirty, white bag from the ground. Then he put some __35___ in it and wrote a note. He put the bag on the ground _36____ some beautiful red flowers. Then he sat down and __37__. 

Many people___38__ to look at the beautiful flowers. Everyone complained about the trash, but no one picked any of it up. "It's not __39__ to put trash in a trash can. Why are people so __40__?" said one person. "Why doesn't someone take away this trash?" said another.

The rich man was not happy to hear this, __41__ he waited and waited. Then, two girls stopped to look at the flowers.

"Aren't these flowers beautiful?" one said.

"Yes, they are," _42____ said. "They'd be more beautiful _43___ this bag of trash weren't here." She picked up the white bag and was ___44__ to see a note, which said: "This bag has money in it, not trash. I'm glad to _45____ it to the person who cares about clean parks."

31. A. After      B.Since     C. Then       D. Before

32.A. small      B.dirty      C.big         D.clean

33.A.bag        B.pen       C.present      D.book

34.A.waited for  B.looked over  C. found out  D.picked up

35.A.words     B.food      C.money       D.trash

36.A.near       B.off       C.through      D.over

37.A. helped    B.waited   C.went          D.left

38.A hated     B.enjoyed    C.stopped      D.wanted

39.A.hard     B.easy     C.close           D.comfortable

40.A.tired     B.strong    C.young         D.lazy

41.A.or       B.but       C.for           D.as

42.A.others    B.some     C.the other      D.another

43.A. if       B.unless    C.until          D.though

44.A.angry    B.upset     C.worried       D.surprised

45.A borrow   B.give     C.find           D.lend

A young mother set her feet on the pathway of the life. “Is the way long?”

And her guide said, “Yes, and the way is hard. And you will be old __31__ you reach the end of it, but the end will be better than the beginning.” But the young mother was happy and would not __32__ anything could be better than these years. So she __33__ with her children and gathered flowers for them along the way and bathed with them in the clear springs. The sun shone on them, and life was good. And the young mother cried, “ Nothing will be __34__ than this.”

Then the night came. And the storm (暴风雨) __35__ them and the path was dark, and the children shook with __36__ and cold. And the mother drew them close and covered them with her clothes, and the children said, “ Oh, Mum, we are not afraid, for you are __37__, and we know that no harm (伤害) can come to us.” And the mother said, “This is better than the __38__ of the day, for I have taught my __39__ courage.”

And the morning came. There was a hill ahead, and the children __40__ it and soon grew tired. And the mother was __41__, too. But she said to the children, “ A little patience and we are there.” So the children climbed and climbed, and when they reached the top, they said, “Mum, we __42__ not have done it without you.” And when the mother lay down to sleep that night, she __43__at the stars and said, “This is a better day than the __44__ , for my children have learned determination(决心) in the face of __45__. Yesterday I gave them courage—today I gave them strength.”

(    )31. A. after                 B. before               C. since         D. until

(    )32. A. know                  B. believe           C. feel                     D. find

(    )33. A. worked            B. stayed                 C. played               D. studied

(    )34. A. worse                     B. better            C. easier           D. sadder

(    )35. A. hit                    B. beat                     C. took                   D. carried

(    )36. A. excitement        B. happiness      C. interest        D. fear

(    )37. A. far                B. away                    C. near                    D. out

(    )38. A. coldest             B. coolest                     C. darkest             D. brightest

(    )39. A. students           B. classmates               C. friends              D. children

(    )40. A. walked                 B. moved               C. climbed             D. flew

(    )41. A. tired                 B. happy                  C. angry                  D. proud

(    )42. A. will                  B. can                      C. could          D. shouldn’t

(    )43. A. looked over       B. looked on     C. looked after    D. looked up

(    )44. A. last                  B. next                     C. latest           D. second

(    )45. A. dark                 B. difficulties         C. failure        D. success

 With a determined(坚定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters) tall, the＿21＿ building in the US.

 As he got to the last step, McCarthy ＿22＿ fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he ＿23＿ cheers from many people.

“I just want to show people that ＿24＿ a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.

McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong 25  . He believes having a disability(残疾) shouldn’t stop anyone  26   achieving his or her success.

He has been in a special school  27   he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was   28   by his determination(决心) and offered to help train him. They   29   more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “  30   seems that he never knows how difficult it is.  31   I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,”said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more  32  .”

Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I   33   the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the most craven sportsman I’ve ever trained.”

McCarthy said he was   34   of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll   35   to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’,” he said.

1. A. largest          B. highest       C. earliest     D. latest

2.A. seldom          B. hardly       C. always      D. almost

3.A. enjoyed         B. needed       C. made       D. kept

4. A. while           B. after         C. if          D. though

5. A. heart           B. hope         C. body       D. love

6. A. by             B. for          C. in          D. from

7.A. as             B. since         C. until        D. before

8. A. pleased         B. beaten       C. moved       D. asked

9. A. used           B. spent        C. took         D. wasted

10. A. Here           B. There        C. He          D. It

11. A. However        B. Sometimes    C. Again        D. Then

12. A. friends         B. helpers       C. time         D. exercise

13.A. tried           B. saw          C. did         D. met

14. A. thinking         B. talking      C. worried      D. proud

15.A. point           B. go          C. turn         D. hurry