At the beginning of my 8：00 a．m．class one Monday at University of Nevada,Las Vegas(UNLV)，I cheerfully asked my students     their weekend had been．“Not been very good”，one young man said．He'd had his wisdom teeth      ．The young man then went on to ask me why I    seemed to be so cheerful．His question reminded me of     I′d read somewhere before：”Every morning when you get up，you have a      about how you want to approach life that day”，I said．“I choose to be cheerful”．

“Let me give you an     ”，I continued．The other 60 students in the class      their chatter and began to listen．one day,my car died on the way．I called AAA and asked them to send a      ．The secretary in the Provost’S office asked me what had happened．”This is my       day”， I replied,smiling．”Your Car       and today is your lucky day?”She Was       ．”What do you mean?”“I live 17 miles from here”，I replied．”My car     have gone wrong anywhere along the freeway．It didn’t．Instead，it went wrong in the       place：off the freeway,within walking distance of here．I’m     able to teach my class，and I’ve been able to arrange for the tow truck to     me after class．”The secretary’s eyes opened wide，and then she smiled．

  I scanned the 60 faces in the lecture hall．     the early hour,no one seemed to be asleep．Somehow,my story had     them．Or maybe it Wasn’t the story     ．It had all started with a student's       that I Was cheerful．A wise mail once said：”Who you are      louder to me than anything you can say”．I suppose it must  be so．

1.A．how        B．what                         C．whether        D．where

2.A．pulled      B．brought              C．taken          D．removed

3.A．seldom     B．always                  C．occasionally    D．ever

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

5.A．decision     B．chance              C．choice         D．destination

6.A．excuse　　　B．explanation      C．instruction　　  D．example

7.A．stopped　　 B．interrupted      C．disturbed　　   D．prevented

8.A．truck　　　 B．tractor                C．secretary　　   D．policeman

9.A．strange　　 B．terrible               C．lucky　　      D．pleasant

10.A．cuts up　　B．breaks up                C．breaks down　　D．tears down

11.A．cheerful　　B．doubtful                C．puzzled　　    D．worried

12.A．could　　 B．must                          C．should　　     D．would

13.A．wrong　　 B．proper               C．perfect　　     D．smooth

14.A．thus　　   B．still                           C．hardly　　      D．even

15.A．pick　　   B．send                         C．meet　　       D．visit

16.A．Despite　　B．Although                 C．Since　　       D．Though

17.A．taught　　 B．touched                      C．educated　      D.excited

18.A．after all　  B．in all                         C．above all　      D．at all

19.A．motivation　B．inspiration             C．observation　    D．appreciation

20.A．says　     B．speaks                C．talks　        　D．tells

 

 (江西省景德镇市2009届高三第三次模拟考试)

Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise， we accept these failures as a 　36　 part of the learning process. But all too often as parents and teachers we disallow this 　37　 right to our children.

When I see a child 　38　 to this kind of pressure， I think of Donnie.

Donnie was my youngest third grader. His 　39　 of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed. He 　40　 answered questions—he might be wrong.

I tried my best to build his 　41　. But nothing changed until midterm， when Mary Anne， a student teacher， was assigned(安排) to our classroom.

She was young and pretty， and she loved children. My pupils， Donnie included， 　42　 her.

One morning， we were working math problems at the chalkboard. Donnie had 　43　 the problems with painstaking neatness. Pleased with his progress， I 　44　 the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials. When I returned， Donnie was in 　45　. He'd missed the third problem.

My student teacher looked at me in despair. Suddenly her face 　46　. From the desk we shared， she got a container filled with pencils.

“Look， Donnie，” she said， kneeling beside him and gently 　47　 the tear­stained face from his arms. “I've got something to 　48　 you.” She removed the pencils， one at a time， and placed them on his desk.

“See these 　49　， Donnie，” she continued. “They belong to Mrs Lindstrom and me. See how the erasers are 　50　？ That's because we make mistakes too. But we erase the mistakes and try again. That's what you 　51　 learn to do， too.”

She kissed him and stood up. “Here，” she said， “I'll leave one of these pencils on 　52　 desk so you'll remember that everybody makes mistakes， 　53　 teachers.” Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and a smile.

The pencil became Donnie's 　54　 possession. That， together with Mary Anne's frequent encouragement， gradually 　55　 him that it's all right to make mistakes—as long as you erase them and try again.

36.A.small                    B. basic                        C. necessary                 D. large

37.A.correct                 B. same                        C. important                 D. natural

38.A.suffering               B. object                       C. fall                           D. subject

39.A.fear                      B. lesson                      C. chance                            D. sense

40.A.always                  B. often                        C. never                       D. seldom

41.A.self­protection       B. self­improvement      C. self­confidence         D. self­learning

42.A.respected                     B. disliked                     C. avoided                    D. mined

43.A.worked out           B. copied                      C. gone over                 D. leaned

44.A.left                       B. offered                     C. missed                            D. parted

45.A.surprise                B. astonishment             C. anger                       D. tears

46.A.darkened               B. brightened                C. pulled                       D. loosened

47.A.lifting                   B. picking                     C. holding                     D. pushing

48.A.help                      B. show                       C. reward                            D. promise

49.A.pencils                  B. mistakes                   C. marks                      D. containers

50.A.used                     B. built                         C. worn                       D. damaged

51.A.may                            B. must                        C. will                          D. can

52.A.my                       B. someone's                C. the teacher's             D. your

53.A.still                       B. also                          C. even                        D. not

54.A.prized                   B. own                         C. kept                         D. expected

55.A.warned                 B. informed                  C. persuaded                 D. reminded