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阅读下面短文，从A、B、C对四个选项中选出最佳选项。
In history，a real cowboy was a simple farm worker on horseback．He spent a long time a day outdoors working with cows ．The work was dirty，tiring and not very well paid．
People in the western。states had to 1 cattle at low cost and send them by railway to the eastern 2 ．But someone had to 3 the cattle and get them to the nearest railroad．This was the job of a cowboy．Sometimes the 4 was more than a thousand Kilometers away and it could take as 5 as six months to move the cattle．The 6 was long but the cattle were driven 7 as not to lose 8 ．Then they could be sold at a good price．
Most cowboys were young， 9 men．A good horse 10 their job of moving cattle much easier．A good cowboy 11 cows and knew how to control them．At night，he 12 to the cows to keep them calm．
In the late 1800s，America was changing from a nation of farm to one of 13 and cities．The cowboy seemed 14 compared with other Americans doing ordinary jobs．
Today，the 15 of cowboys has 16 greatly．One change is the use of trucks．
The job is not so hard 17 it used to be．And cowboys are better 18 now．They are 19 to be married．Some of them are farmers teachers or truck drivers．Some work for big companies． 20 at night and on weekends，they become cowboys．These part-time cowboys increase the total production of meat，keeping the beef price low．
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Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials to make the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assistant 31 , “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing. ”
Thomas Edison replied very 32 , “Oh, we have come a long way and we have 33 a lot. We now know that there are two thousand materials which we cannot 34 to make a good light bulb. ”
If we learn from our mistakes, then we are 35 . If we learn from someone else’s mistakes, then we are genius. Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines 36 daily and failure is nothing more than a few small 37 repeated daily.
How 38 the above lines are! Success takes 39 . We’ll make mistakes 40 we do things in too much of a hurry. When we do not practice disciplines in life, we don’t build enough confidence to 41 new and challenging tasks which are important and matter in life. Our confidence 42 what we think of ourselves and whether we believe in ourselves. We are all born with exceptional 43 , but only a few really 44 their true potential and make efforts in life and the others just lead a(n) 45 life. Do you want to be exceptional?
Success is a fruit which everyone wants to 46 but it is not found everywhere and no one can 47 it without serious efforts.
Those who want to succeed will find a way; those who don’t will find a(n) 48 !
Success depends upon previous 49 , and without it we will end in failure.
When you are 50 , please enjoy it and give your hand to others who want to accomplish something.
31. A. celebrated B. complained
C. explained D. answered
32. A. confidently B. madly
C. carelessly D. angrily
33. A. remembered B. refused
C. learned D. ordered
34. A. test B. ignore
C. invent D. use
35. A. healthy B. enthusiastic
C. intelligent D. generous
36. A. shown B. prevented
C. recorded D. practiced
37. A. errors B. machines
C. jobs D. steps
38. A. common B. strange
C. familiar D. true
39. A. effect B. time
C. drugs D. roles
40. A. as though B. so that
C. unless D. if
41. A. keep B. attempt
C. give D. see
42. A. depends on B. sets aside
C. turns down D. sets up
43. A. appearances B. experiences
C. qualities D. feelings
44. A. own B. realize
C. provide D. research
45. A. active B. hard
C. rich D. average
46. A. sell B. draw
C. eat D. praise
47. A. achieve B. watch
C. offer D. recognize
48. A. story B. excuse
C. key D. plan
49. A. preparation B. influence
C. life D. generation
50. A. powerful B. wonderful
C. successful D. hopeful
阅读理解
Friends are important to our lives．We talk to our friends about things which we can't talk to our families 1 ．Usually we are absorbed． 2 the conversation and forget the time．Friends offer support when we need it and provide companionship．
3 , it can be very easy to forget to communicate with your friend once you get married, have kids or have a job．Sometimes 4 is hard enough to find time for your family and yourself, let alone your friends．
5 friend is someone who was once a stranger, and after you made a special connection, you became friends with each other．How amazing it is! It doesn't happen every day 6 with everyone you come across．So the fact that you were able to build a friendship with someone who was once a stranger to you 7 a great and wonderful thing．This is 8 it's important to find time for your friends．
Keep in mind that friends are a special and important part of our lives．So spend some time a day to include them in the balance of your life!
My husdand had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it the 1 day, and I washed a lot of things. Everything worked 2 , but I could't find 3 of my husband's socks though I had looked 4 for it.
The next morning, I got ready for 5 as usual, when the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them and told them 6 we were going to do 7 .
When I turned 8 to write on the blackboard, the class burst out 9 . They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was 10 the headmaster would be in to see all this.
I asked the class to 11 , but the 12 I talked, the more they laughed. So I thought I had better pay 13 attention to them and continue to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they laughed even more.
Before long, the teacher who had the room next to 14 came to see 15 all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started 16 too.
“Good Heavens!” I said, “Will 17 please tell me what is, so 18 ?”
“Oh, God.”said the teacher, “You have a brown 19 stuck to the back of your shirt.”
So that's 20 I found my husband's missing sock.
“Oh, well,” I said to the class, “Let's just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static electricity (静电).”
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语法填空
If we want to finish anything in life, let us not forget that we must persevere(坚持不懈)．If we want to learn 1 lessons well in school, we must be hard-working and not give up 2 we come to anything difficult．We shall find many of our lessons very hard, 3 let us consider that the harder they are, 4 better they will do to us if we persevere and learn them thoroughly．
But there are some 5 us who are ready to give up when they come to a hard example in mathematics, and say,“I can’t do this．” 6 never will succeed forever if they feel so．Let us remember that we shall meet with many 7 all through life．If we keep on 8 (try), we shall be sure to conquer and overcome every difficulty we meet with．
And 9 we master our lessons well in school, it will prepare us to overcome the difficult things 10 we shall meet in life when our school days are over．
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