．Ms Li’s business _________ very quickly. She opened her first store two years ago; now she has fifty stores all over the country.

A．transformed

B．ranged

C．responded

D．expanded

 

At the age of five, Shizuka Arakawa started to take skating lessons. Her motivation was      :wearing pretty outfits! Very quickly, she     a passion for skating, and she decided to     all her free time to training. At the age of eight, she was already      to perform a triple salchow (三周跳). The young girl from      won five national championships, three times as a junior and twice as a senior.

In 1998 in Nagano, Shizuka Arakawa      for the first time in the Olympic Games, at the tender age of 16. Japan had high      for her.       the Emperor and Empress of Japan came to see her performance. She finished thirteenth in the       rankings. Four years     , she was not present at the Salt Lake City Games. The skater finished second in the Japanese national championships and was not    in the Japanese Olympic team. In     of this, Shizuka Arakawa was successful in    championships, such as the Four Continents and NHK(日本广播协会)Trophy. In 2004 in Dortmund, she became women’s world    skating champion.

In 2006, after a year-long period in which she almost      her career, Shizuka Arakawa took      in the Turin Olympic Games. A new coach and a new programme had     a new, invigorated(充满活力的)Shizuka. The short programme was a real challenge      the Japanese skater. She performed a noteworthy sequence to Chopin’s “Fantasie Impromptu”, finishing third. On 23 February, 2006, she performed a perfect long programme.      by Puccini’s “Fantasy for Violin”, she performed splendidly and she obtained a       of 191.34, which won her the top step of the winner’s podium(领奖台) in Turin.

1.A. complex      B. bright                 C. simple              D. stupid

2.A. developed   B. became               C. interested    D. realized

3.A. occupy        B. spend                 C. refer        D. devote

4.A. ready                    B. able           C. willing      D. used

5.A. China                    B. Japan                   C. America          D. Russia

6.A. attended             B. prepared C. entered         D. participated

7.A. hopes        B. ambition     C. chances           D. help

8.A. Ever             B. Already              C. Even            D. Still

9.A. middle                  B. final                     C. general           D. beginning

10.A. after                    B. before                 C. ago                 D. later

11.A. contained          B.win        C. held                 D. included

12.A. spite                   B. charge                C. honor               D. possession

13.A. others                 B. another              C. other               D. else

14.A. character           B. figure    C. creature       D. portrait

15.A. ruined              B. ended             C. left             D. fired

16.A. part                    B. pride                  C. control          D. turns

17.A. resulted              B. caused              C. accessed        D. produced

18.A. at                         B. towards               C. for                 D. upon

19.A. Danced     B. Accompanied C. Followed            D. Played

20.A. score                  B. level             C. point               D. top

 

Condoleezza Rice is used to standing out. It is not only because she holds the position as U.S. Secretary of State. Her youth, gender and skin color have 　36　 a lot of attention throughout her political career.

Condoleezza Rice,　37　 as Condi to her close friends, was born in 1954 in Birmingham. During 1950s,blacks were not treated as 　38　 citizens in the south. Although slavery was　39　 in 1865,the southern states passed their own laws to continue the 　40　of blacks and whites. Despite the discrimination 　41　 black people, her parents told her she could become? 42　 she wanted. They taught her to believe that great things were 　43　 for her.

Rice was a gifted student with a 　44　 for the piano and she entered college at the age of 15 with the 　45　 of becoming a concert pianist. Along the way she was　46　 by political? scientist Josef Korbel, the father of former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Rice 　47　 her plans and studied international politics, and in the 1980s she was teaching at Stanford University,　48　 her career developed quickly. She　49　 on George H. Bush's national security council(顾问) in 1989.Later she 　50　 to Stanford, and became its youngest, first female and first 　51　 provost after two years.

In 2001,Rice re-entered the political world,　52　 George W. Bush's national security advisor. She has drawn international 　53　 in this position, and has been the most powerful national security advisors in American 　54　.

She held this position until 2005,when 　55　 Secretary of State.

36.A. directed B. turned C. paid    D. attracted?

37.A. known   B. Considered C. Seen   D. accepted?

38.A. respectful     B. equal  C. different     D. noble?

39.A. finished B. Stopped     C. Prevented   D. ended?

40.A. difference     B. disagreement     C. separation   D. division?

41.A. against  B. to              C. with    D. towards?

42.A. whoever       B. whomever  C. whatever    D. whichever?

43.A. desiring B. waiting      C. preparing   D. longing?

44.A. talent    B. interest       C. hobby D. favourite?

45.A. purpose B. goal    C. intention    D. attention?

46.A. effected B. affected      C. impressed   D. influenced?

47.A. changed B. postponed   C. cancelled    D. exchanged?

48.A. which    B. where C. when  D. that?

49.A. acted     B. waited C. served D. called?

50.A. paid a visit    B. showed concern C. attended     D. returned?

51.A. black     B. white  C. capable      D. efficient?

52.A. turning  B. holding      C. becoming   D. taking?

53.A. praise    B. approval     C. criticism     D. attention?

54.A. politics  B. history       C. culture              D. government?

55.A. elected  B. invited       C. appointed   D. succeeded??

In a cab, a woman seemed in such a hurry. She constantly rushed the cab driver to drive quickly. She was so absorbed in her own thoughts of getting to the airport as soon as possible that she was not aware they were going by a different route.

All of a sudden, a young man got inside the cab. He took her handbag in which she had put her visa, passport, and all the money for the trip.

The cab driver, who was in collusion with the robber, left her in the exactly middle of a dark street. She thought that she was rather unfortunate in the very situation.

During the very night, she was told a piece of shocking news. Tears came down her cheek. Flight 360, the plane that she should have got on board, had crashed. Had she not lost her important belongings, she could surely have lost the thing far more precious——her life.

Sometimes bad things really happen. There are times when nothing seems to go our way. So what should we do about it? We must get rid of all these frustrations and start all over again in the faith that we will get what we deserve. 

Don’t waste your time and energy on things that can’t be changed. Continuous worrying will only affect your health and you’ll be doing much more damage than what was previously done.

What if it was the other way round? What if we never ran out of good luck?

There was a man who won the lottery. He became greedy and wasted all his money on everything he could get his hands on.

But when he one day made it to the front page of the newspaper again, it was a different story. He had been killed because of his riches. If you attain good luck, you can never be too secure about it. Life is so unpredictable. You never know what will happen next.

Live one day at a time. We sometimes subject ourselves to unnecessary emotional trouble. But please don’t forget: sometimes misfortune can be the source of happiness. Live for the moment. Do what must be done for the present and the future will turn out just fine. Believe me. And believe in yourself. As Captain Planet always says, “The power is yours！”

1. The underlined phrase “in collusion with” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________.”

A. was forced by                              B. was fighting bravely against 

C. was doing one’s best to beg             D. had cooperated with

2. From the passage, we learn that ________.

A. robbers are sure to get what they want        

B. somebody never runs out of good luck

C. the woman was lucky to miss her flight 

D. if one feels oneself lucky, he or she will continue to be so

3. The writer presents the second example in order to ________.

A. warn people of the danger of winning the lottery

B. tell people life is unpredictable

C. encourage people to buy lottery  

D. persuade people not to be greedy

4. According to the author, which of the following choices is the correct attitude to adopt to life?

A. Never waste any time or energy because time is so limited.

B. One needn’t be worried or feel frustrated. Believe in yourself.

C. Even while everything appears to be going smoothly, we should keep fully alert.

D. Worrying about what you don’t have

5. The passage above is intended to tell us ________.

A. misfortune sometimes is a blessing

B. we should save up for a rainy day

C. fortune just goes with those prepared minds

D. both losses and gains go hand in hand

 

It’s very surprising that Lucy _____ German so quickly—she hasn’t lived there very long.

A．picked up         B．looked up         C．put up            D．made up