It is universally acknowledged that people cannot succeed or achieve their targets without a strong will and persistence. No one can deny the fact that persistence is the key point in accomplishing one' s task. Strong will is a kind of good quality which successful people should own.

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2. 除诗歌外，文体不限。

3. 内容必须结合生活中的一个事例。

4. 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称。

5. 词数为120左右。

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71. When I opened the door, l found him sitting in the sofa, completely _____________________ reading a novel. (absorb)

   当我打开门时，我发现他坐在沙发上，完全专心地看小说。

72. So _____________________________ that Maric was able to set up new branches elsewhere. (successful)

   她的生意是如此成功，以至于玛里克可以在别的地方建立新的分公司。

73. It seems that we have to accept the result and make a good preparation to have another try.

                                        earlier, I could have done something to avoid this accident. (inform)

 看来我们必须接受这个结果并做好再次尝试的准备了。要是我早点得知的话，就可以做些什么来避免这场事故了。

74. It is the test system, rather than the teachers,           　                 for the students’ heavy study burden nowadays. (blame) 

对于学生现在的学业重压，该受责备的是考试体系，而不是老师。

75. Have you ever had a case           　           but nobody showed any concern? (fall)

你有没有过这种情况，你病倒了，却没有人关心?

76 . With my money            　　　        , I have to draw some from the bank in case I have none in hand. (run)

   我的钱快用完了，所以我要从银行取点钱，以防手头太紧。

77. We are told from the director’s office that                           we know the result of the final examination.  (long)

   我们从主任办公室获悉，过不了多久，我们就可以知道期终考试的结果。

78. Some experts recommend signs and posters be put up in areas                 . (allow)

   一些专家建议应在不允许抽烟的地方贴上标志和海报。

79. No one really knows exactly when the first people arrived in                 now.(call)

   没有人知道确切在什么时候第一批移民者到达我们今天称之为美国的地方。

80. A reporter begins by contacting people _________________________ and then prepares questions. (interview)

   记者要先和被采访人联系，然后准备好要采访的问题。

It’s going to be a busy day at Betsy Ross house in Philadelphia on Thursday. She won’t be there, since she died in 1836, but hundreds of tourists will be going through her house.

You see, Thursday is Flag Day in the United States. The unofficial holiday commemorates the adoption of the stars-and-stripes design of the American flag by the Continental Congress 235 years ago, on June 14, 1777. According to lore, the Ross House is the birthplace of the nation’s flag. That’s open to debate, but it’s a story that schoolbooks still tell.Betsy Ross was a seamstress, busy  sewing cushions for chairs in Philadelphia, which was the focus place of the American revolution against British rule.The Declaration of Independence by the colonists was signed there, and so was the new nation’s Constitution after independence was won.

Widowed when her husband, a member of the local militia, was killed in a gunpowder explosion, Betsy Ross often mended the clothes of the rebels’ leader and future U.S. president, George Washington.  According to what some say in history and others a stretch of what really happened, Washington asked Ross to design and sew the new nation’s flag. The story was promoted by Ross grandson, who wrote that Betsy Ross had “made with her hands the first flag.” She became a role model for girls - a shining example of women’s contributions to the nation’s history. Most research indicates that Ross did sew the first flag. She’s credited with substituting artful five-point white stars for six-pointed ones in the upper-left blue field. But many other accounts indicate George Washington brought the design to Ross and simply asked her to stitch it together.  www..com

In a letter, Washington wrote: “We take the stars from Heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her.  And the white stripes shall go down to posterity as representing liberty.”  

67. People would like to go to Ross’s house in Philadelphia to _____.

       A. ask Betsy Ross who created the first American flag

     B. meet her grandson who wrote a book about flags

     C. debate over who designed the first American flag

     D. remember her as the creator of the first American flag

68. Which statement is true according to the passage?

     A. Betsy Ross was one of the people who signed The Declaration of Independence

     B. All are in agreement that Ross designed the first American flag

     C. It is almost certain that Ross did sew the first American flag

     D. It is George Washington who designed the stars and stripes flag 

69. The underlined the word “seamstress” in Paragraph 2 probably means_____.

     A. a person who designs flags            B. a person who makes a living by sewing

     C. a person who takes part in revolution                               D. a person who creates chairs

70. What does the last paragraph imply according to the passage?

     A. It implies that the U.S. is independent from Britain

     B. It implies that Washington liked Ross’s design of the flag

       C. It implies that Washington might be the designer of the flag

     D. It implies that Ross did have helped with the design of the flag

    From the beginning of human history, wild animals provided food, clothing and sometimes medicine for man. We may not depend as much on wild animals now. But we hear about them every day. Americans use the names of animals in many ways. Automobile manufacturers and gasoline companies especially like to use big cats to sell their products. They like lions, tigers and wildcats. When Americans say wildcat, they usually mean a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat. All these cats attack quickly and fiercely. So wildcats represent something fast and fierce.   www..com
     An early American use of the word wildcat was quite different. It was used to describe members of Congress who declared war on Britain in 1812. A magazine of that year said the wildcat congressmen went home. It said they were unable to face the responsibility of having involved their country in an unnecessary war.
     Wildcat also has been used as a name for money in the 1800s. At that time, some states permitted banks to make their own money. One bank in the state of Michigan offered paper money with a picture of a wildcat on it. Some banks, however, did not have enough gold to support all the paper money they offered. So the money had little or no value. It was called a wildcat bill or a wildcat banknote. The banks who offered this money were called wildcat banks. A newspaper of the time said those were the days of wildcat money. It said a man might be rich in the morning and poor by night.
     Wildcat then was also used for an oil well or gold mine that had almost no oil or gold in it. Dishonest developers would buy such property. Then they would sell it and leave town with the money. The buyers were left with worthless holes in the ground. Today, wildcat oil wells are in areas that are not known to have oil.

63. What is the main idea of the passage?

   A. Wildcats and their stories.                 B. Wildcats and their characters.
   C. Varieties of animal species.                D. Relationship between animals and humans.

64. The underlined words "a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat" in Paragraph 1 may refer to "__________".

   A. gasoline companies                            B. automobile manufacturers
   C. brands of automobile                                             D. names of wildcats            

65. Which of the following would people like to have or trust according to the passage?

   A. Wildcat congressmen.                        B. Wildcat oil wells.
   C. Wildcat banks.                                    D. Wildcat cars.

66. It can be inferred that during the days of wildcat money__________.

   A. people couldn't buy anything with the money

   B. people complained and suffered a lot

   C. the rich invested too much on oil wells

   D. people didn't know how to save money

Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourage international brotherhood. Not only was there the incident of tragedy involving murders of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor national contests.www..com

One country received its second-place medals with visible anger after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, as the losers disagreed with the final decisions. They believed that one of their goals should have been allowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair. Their manager was in great anger when he said: “This isn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension(停赛) of the team for at least three years.

The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia, after a disputable(有争议的) end to their contest. The game had ended in disorder. It was thought at first that the United States had won by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player popped it into the basket. It was the first time the US had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. An appeal jury (评审委员会) debated the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals.

Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism (爱国主义).

59. According to the author, recent Olympic Games have ____.

A. created goodwill between the nations

B. hardly showed any international friendship

C. caused only false national pride

D. led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred

60. What did the manager mean by saying, “...Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished”?

A. There should be no more hockey matches organized by the Federation.

B. His team would no longer take part in international games.

C. Hockey and the Federation are ruined by the unfair decisions.

D. The Federation should be ended.

61. The basketball example implied that        .

A. too much patriotism was displayed in the incident

B. the announcement to make the match last longer was wrong

C. the appeal jury was too hesitant in making the decision

D. The American team was right in receiving the silver medals

62. Which statement best summarizes this passage?

       A. The organization of the Olympic Games must be improved.

       B. Different teams often have disputes when fighting for the first place.

       C. Any team that has disrespectful behavior should be suspended.

       D. Athletes should compete as individuals.

College libraries are designed primarily for research and study. To explain its use, let us choose a research topic and follow the step-by-step procedure of looking up the material for the paper．

    Suppose your assignment is to write a paper on a novel called The Sun Also Rises by American writer Hemingway．The first step is to go to the main catalog．Many small drawers on the large wooden cabinets are lined up in alphabetical(字母的) order．Each of the drawers contains hundreds of alphabetical ordered cards．These cards are printed references to all material available in the library．Title cards are cataloged by the first word of the book title, leaving out the articles like “a”, “an” and “the”．And then you get the cards for the books you need．On the upper left corner of each card is the call number．This is the numerical code that shows where the book is located in the library．The library has open and closed stacks．If your book is on the open stacks, you can go to the open-stack room, and according to the call number find it out by yourself．There are only about 30,000 books on open stacks, while most of the 800,000 books in our library are kept in closed stacks, which are accessible only to teachers and graduate students.www..com

    For undergraduates like you, borrowing books from the closed stacks have to be done with the help of our librarian．In that case, you must fill out a call slip(纸条) for the book, showing the call number, author and title．You can get call slips on tables near the catalog cabinets．You show your call slip together with your library card to a librarian at the information desk．He or she will help you find the book out in the closed stacks.

55. What is the main purpose of this text?

       A. To present readers a brief introduction to a college library．

B. To guide readers how to find books needed in a college library.

C. To tell readers how to fill out a call slip in a college library.

D. To show readers where to find books in a college library.

56. What letter you should look for on the title card for the book The Old Man and the Sea by the Hemingway?

      A. The letter  “t”.   B. The letter  “h”. C. The letter  “o”.     D. The letter  “s”.

57. How are books arranged and shelved in the library?

   A. By call numbers.                               B. By call slips of authors’ names.

   C. In alphabetical order.                         D. By the first word of book title.

58. Suppose you are an undergraduate and you want to borrow a book from the closed stacks, which is the correct order to do it?

   a. go to the main catalog                     b. show your call slip and library card

   c. find out the call number                   d. fill out a call slip

   e. get the cards for the books

   A. a-b-e-d-c            B. b-a-c-d-e          C. a-e-c-d-b            D. b-c-a-e-d

Here is a true story about a famous man who worked in the White House and a criminal. They once faced the same thing: their mother gave them apples when they were young.

The criminal said: one day, my mother brought some apples and asked my brother and me: “Which do you want?” “The reddest and biggest one,” my little brother said. My mother stared at him and said to him angrily: “You should learn to give the good things to others; you shouldn’t always think of yourself.” Seeing this, I suddenly changed my idea and then said to my mother: “Mum, please give me the smaller one and give the bigger one to my little brother.” Hearing my words, my mother was very happy. She kissed me on my face and gave the reddest and biggest apple to me as a prize. From then on, I learned to tell lies, fight, steal and rob. In order to get what I wanted, I played hard. As a result, I was sent into prison.www..com

The famous man from the White House said: One day, my mother brought some apples. She said to my brother and me: “You all want the reddest and biggest one, right? Well, let’s have a competition. Now I divide the grassland in front of the gate into two and I will give one to each of you and you must shear(修剪) it well. And I will give the reddest and biggest apple to him who does it the most quickly and best.”

After the competition, I won and I got the biggest apple. In our family, as long as you want to get the best things, you must take part in competition. I think it is fair. No matter what you want, you must pay lots of efforts.

51. The criminal got the reddest and biggest apple because      .

A. he told the truth that he wanted a smaller one

B. his mother loved him more than she loved the younger brother

C. elder brother should of course have the bigger one

D. he knew how to make his mother happy from her answer

52. We can conclude from the passage that      .

A. it’s important to make children aware that no matter what they want, they must pay work

B. it’s wrong to ask children to choose apples when they are not old enough

C. it’s wrong to ask children not to always think of themselves

D. it’s always necessary to have a competition when we give children apple

53. The writer tells the story by      .

A. organizing it in the order of time           B. making a comparison between two men

C. providing some scientific information      D. describing it in the order of space

54. It is implied in the passage that      .

A. we should always try to win competitions which can bring us a lot

B. in order to get what we want, we should play hard

C. giving children apples will lead them to become criminals

D. a mother’s educational method has a great influence on a child’s growing

Eighty-year-old retired tailor, James McKay, spent Saturday night in jail after   31 thirty-year-old Keith Smith over the head   32   his walking stick. McKay's wife, Laurence told us that while McKay is usually a   33   person, he had been   34   to this act of violence by getting wet just once too often.

Smith lives above the McKays and it appears that not only is he a keen gardener, he is also a   35   collector. Unfortunately for him, the water he sent over his balcony every day ended up on the McKay's, or too often, on the McKays   36  .

“For the last fortnight, since Smith moved into the flat above us, we have hardly dared to go to our   37  ,” said Laurence. She added that it wasn't so much the water falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plant   38   bothered them, it was more the way he cleaned his fish tanks. “We'd be   39   there happily reading our newspapers, when   40   so much water would come from above that we'd be as wet as if we'd   41   with our clothes on! Neither could we get rid of the   42   of fish!” www..com

And on Saturday evening it was just too   43  . “It was James's birthday,” explained Laurence, “and I'd made him a birthday cake. The candles were a great sight as you can imagine, but James didn't get to blow them out.”   44  , Smith emptied one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both the McKays and the cake were wet   45  . Rarely had Laurence seen McKay move so fast. “I couldn't   46   him. He was up there in a flash. It was the fastest I'd seen him move since 1964.”

Smith is not going to take things further with the police. He has also promised to change his   47   from now on. And what of James McKay?   48   he left the police station, a large crowd of supporters sang him, “Happy Birthday”. “  49   the most exciting birthday   50  !” said the cheerful old man. “The best since my adolescence I'd say!”                                            

31. A. hitting                   B. tapping                C. pushing               D. touching

32. A. by                         B. via                       C. through               D. with

33. A. quiet                     B. peaceful              C. sensitive             D. stubborn

34. A. accustomed         B. taken                   C. driven                 D. attracted

35. A. fish                       B. seed                    C. plant                   D. newspaper

36. A. himself                 B. itself                    C. themselves         D. herself

37. A. bathroom             B. kitchen                C. bedroom             D. balcony

38. A. which                    B. what                    C. that                     D. whether

39. A. sitting                   B. exercising            C. sleeping              D. eating

40. A. regularly               B. unconsciously    C. precisely             D. suddenly

41. A. swum                    B. showered            C. watered               D. drowned

42. A. taste                     B. sense                  C. feeling                 D. smell

43. A. little                      B. soon                    C. late                     D. much

44. A. Beside                  B. Instead                C. Otherwise           D. Consequently

45. A. over                     B. across                 C. through               D. down

46. A. stop                      B. blame                  C. ignore                 D. stand

47. A. views                    B. attitude                C. ways                   D. mind

48. A. While                    B. Since                   C. Until                    D. As

49. A. Sincerely              B. Impossibly           C. Definitely             D. Previously

50. A. before                  B. ever                    C. already               D. since

 I’m told that the job is open to everyone ______ their previous experience. So it’s a chance for a green hand like you.

  A. apart from           B. due to               C. on behalf of        D. regardless of

 They’re ______ choosing a cautious policy in order to avoid a risk in such an important event.

  A. thoroughly           B. deliberately         C. carelessly           D. naturally