Recent studies show that only one out of three people have strong and healthy self-confidence. That  36 two out of every three people simply don’t know the 37 they already have to be successful when it’s  38  there in their hands!  39 if you want others to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself first. Remember: “No one can make you feel inferior (差的) unless you  40 them.” A successful businessman says, “You can’t push anyone up a ladder  41 he knows he can climb himself.”

Many of us have an image  42 , the image（形象）we have of ourselves.  43 one guy put it: “You can’t win a horse race if you think you look  44 on a horse.” To succeed, the first person you have to  45 is yourself! So stop believing your own lies about yourself. Just  46 your mind and you’ll change your life.

One of the most harmful weapons that can kill your success in life is the two little words: “47 ”. You know that people used to   48 that if human beings traveled faster than 30 miles an hour it would  49  our circulation（循环）of blood and kill us? Thank goodness a few people didn’t believe that  50 thinking, or we wouldn’t be riding in cars, buses, and flying in airplanes today. You’ll never know until you  51  .

Roger Bannister was the first human being to run a mile in less than 4 minutes. But  52 he did it, most people in the world didn’t think it was even   53  Yet only weeks after Bannister did it, suddenly  54 all over the world began running a mile in less than 4 minutes! If we believe something can be done, we’ll  55  do it.

1.                A．reflects         B．means          C．reads D．explains

2.                A．chance         B．strength        C．reason   D．ability

3.                A．immediately     B．properly        C．right D．accurately

4.                A．But            B．Because        C．What D．While

5.                A．challenge       B．let             C．admit D．help

6.                A．if             B．except         C．unless    D．until

7.                A．quiz           B．question        C．mystery  D．problem

8.                A．As             B．When          C．While    D．Since

9.                A．curious         B．good-looking     C．funny    D．serious

10.               A．knock          B．beat           C．strike D．defend

11.               A．settle          B．bend          C．fix   D．change

12.               A．I failed         B．Not me.        C．I can’t   D．Can I?

13.               A．think          B．imagine        C．expect    D．doubt

14.               A．start           B．help           C．close D．stop

15.               A．empty         B．silly            C．reasonable D．terrible

16.               A．realize         B．try            C．understand D．judge

17.               A．before         B．after           C．since D．because

18.               A．likely          B．unbelievable    C．impossible D．possible

19.               A．runners        B．workers        C．competitors    D．players

20.               A．simply         B．seldom         C．usually    D．never

In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh(法老)treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.

Shades of that spirit spread over today’s conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked light-heartedly out the door, picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, ”Oh boy, bad day for a picnic. The weatherman says it’s going to rain.”I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, for his while

Several months ago I was racing to catch  a him As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Grey hound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile ,”Oh that bus left five minutes ago.”Dreams of head-cutting!

  It’s not the news that makes someone angry. It’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s delivered. Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and winning professionals do it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation does it in a caring way. A boss informing an employee he didn’t get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. Big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.

Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. When you’re tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn’t ready yet? When you had your heart set on the toast beef, has your waiter mainly told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as traveler or diner want to land your fist right on their unsympathetic faces.

Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warming .Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, I probably would have said, ” Oh, that’s all right I’ll catch the next one.” Big winners, when they bear bad news ,deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded(被轰炸的)person is sure to have.

In Paragraph 1,the writer tells the story of the pharaoh to ____.

A. make a comparison      B. introduce a topic

C. describe a scene         D. offer an argument

In the writer’s opinion, his neighbor was ___.

A. friendly   B. warm-hearted    C. not considerate   D. not helpful

From “Dreams of head-cutting!”(Paragraph3),we learn that the writer___.

A. was mad at the sales agent

B. was reminded of the cruel pharaoh

C. wished that the sales agent would have had dreams

D. dreamed of cutting the sales agent’s head that night.

What is the main idea of the text?

A. Delivering bad news properly is important in communication.

B. Helping others sincerely is the key to business success.

C. Receiving bad news requires great courage.

D. Learning ancient traditions can be useful.

Scientists are afraid that some day an even bigger earthquake will _____ the area.

Unless we spend money spotting and preventing asteroids(小行星) now, one might crash into Early and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists.

Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids(流星) that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don’t threaten us. But there are also thousands of asteroids whose orbits put them on a collision course with Earth.

Buy $50 million worth of new telescopes right now. Then spend $10 million a year for the next 25 years to locate most of the space rocks. By the time we spot a fatal one, the scientists say, we’ll have a way to change its course.

Some scientists favor pushing asteroids off course with nuclear weapons.  But the cost wouldn’t be cheap. Is is worth it? Two things experts consider when judging any risk are: (1)How likely the event is; and (2) How bad the consequences if the event occurs. Experts think an asteroid big enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 500 000 years. Sounds pretty rare-but if one did fall, it would be the end of the world. “If we don’t take care of these asteroids, they’ll take care of us,”says one scientist.  “It’s that simple.”

 The cure, though, might be worse than the disease. Do we really want fleets of nuclear weapons sitting around on Earth? “The world has less to fear from doomsday(世界末日) rocks than from a great nuclear fleet set against it,” said a New York Times article.

9.What does the passage say about asteroids and meteoroids?

A.They are heavenly bodies different in composition.

  B.They are heavenly bodies similar in nature.

C.There are more asteroids than meteoroids.

D.Asteroids are more mysterious than meteoroids.

10.What do scientists say about the collision of an asteroid with Earth?

A.It is very unlikely but the danger exists.

B.Such a collision might occur once every 25 years.

C.Coilisions of smaller asteroids with Earth occur more often than expected.

  D.lt’s still too early to say whether such a collision might occur.

11.What do people think of the suggestion of using nuclear weapons to alter the course of asteroids?

A.It sounds practical but it may not solve the problem.

B.It may create more problems than it might slove.

C.It is a waste of money because a collision of asteroids with Earth is very unlikely.

D.Further research should be done before it is proved applicable.

12.We can conclude from the passage that .      

A.while pushing asteroids off course nuclear weapons would destroy the world

B.asteroids racing across the night sky are likely to hit Earth in the near future

C.the worry about asteroids can be left to future generations since it is unlike to happen in our    lifetime.

D.workable solutions still have to be found to prevent a collision of asteroids with Earth

You heard about the sign posted on a farmer's fence? On the other side of the ?? resides the biggest, meanest looking ?? you can imagine．The sign is intended to strike ?? into the hearts of would-be trespassers．It reads, "Don't attempt to ?? this field unless you can do it in 9．9 seconds．The bull can do it in 10 flat!"

Don't try to cross that field unless you are ????? !And isn't that the way it is in life? We have to be ready when the ?? arises or else we will have little chance of ?? ．

Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms Shelton believed in ?? ．Students remember how she ?? in on the first day of class and began writing ? of an eighth-grade caliber on the chalkboard．They ?? protested that the words were not on their ?? and they couldn't learn them．

Their teacher ????? that the students could and would learn these words．She said that she would ???? teach down to them．Ms Shelton ended by saying that one of the students in that classroom could go on to ???? ．maybe even be president some day, and she wanted to prepare them for that day．

Ms Shelton spoke those words many years ago．??? did she know that someday one of her students - Jesse Jackson - would take them ??? ．She believed that if they were well prepared, they could achieve ?? goals．

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "People only see what they are prepared to see．" ?? that's true, then it is also true that they only become what they are prepared to become． And a lot of ?????? is just about getting ready．

1.A．fence?????? B．river?????? ????????????? C．village????????????? ????????????? D．hill

2.A．tiger??? ????????????? ????????????? B．farmer? ????????????? C．bull??????????????? ????????????? D．goat

3.A．curiosity??? B．fear????????? C．desire????????? ????????????? D．courage

4.A．cut?????? ????????????? B．cover??????? ????????????? C．enter????????????? ????????????? D．cross

5.A．accompanied B．armed?????? ????????????? C．prepared?????????? ????????????? D．guarded

6.A．opportunity ????????????? B．challenge ????????????? C．hope?????????????? ????????????? D．problem

7.A．luck?????? ????????????? B．victory?????? C．wealth?????????? ????????????? D．success

8.A．determination B．readiness??? ????????????? C．honesty????????? ????????????? D．diligence

9.A．hurried???? ????????????? B．moved?????? ????????????? C．walked??????????? ????????????? D．broke

10.A．words???? B．poems?????? C．proverbs???????? ????????????? D．questions

11.A．strangely?? B．quietly???? ????????????? C．rudely? ????????????? ????????????? D．quickly

12.A．range????? B．level???????? C．interest??????? ????????????? ????????????? D．requirement

13.A．admitted? ? B．announced? ????????????? C．insisted???????????? ????????????? D．complained

14.A．never?????? B．instead????? C．still???????????? ????????????? D．always

15.A．position??? B．career????? ????????????? C．service????????????? ????????????? D．greatness

16.A．Little???? ????????????? B．Seldom????? C．Much??????????? ????????????? D．Once

17.A．easy????? ????????????? B．seriously???? C．completely?????? ????????????? D．back

18.A．final?????? B．proper????? ????????????? C．high??????????????? ????????????? D．straight

19.A．Although? ????????????? B．If??????? ????????????? C．Whether??????????? ????????????? D．Unless

20.A．fan????? ????????????? B．fact????????? C．truth????????????? ? D．life