阅读短文，然后根据内容从Ａ、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

With a determined(坚定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters) tall, the＿21＿ building in the US.

 As he got to the last step, McCarthy ＿22＿ fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he ＿23＿ cheers from many people.

“I just want to show people that ＿24＿ a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.

McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong 25  . He believes having a disability(残疾) shouldn’t stop anyone  26   achieving his or her success.

He has been in a special school  27   he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was   28   by his determination(决心) and offered to help train him. They   29   more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “  30   seems that he never knows how difficult it is.  31   I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,”said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more  32  .”

Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I   33   the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the most craven sportsman I’ve ever trained.”

McCarthy said he was   34   of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll   35   to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’,” he said.

21. A. largest          B. highest       C. earliest     D. latest

22. A. seldom          B. hardly       C. always      D. almost

23. A. enjoyed         B. needed       C. made       D. kept

24. A. while           B. after         C. if          D. though

25. A. heart           B. hope         C. body       D. love

26. A. by             B. for          C. in          D. from

27. A. as             B. since         C. until        D. before

28. A. pleased         B. beaten       C. moved       D. asked

29. A. used           B. spent        C. took         D. wasted

30. A. Here           B. There        C. He          D. It

31. A. However        B. Sometimes    C. Again        D. Then

32. A. friends         B. helpers       C. time         D. exercise

33. A. tried           B. saw          C. did         D. met

34. A. thinking         B. talking      C. worried      D. proud

35. A. point           B. go          C. turn         D. hurry

阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
It is very important to stay healthy. I have a neighbor. She is an old lady. She can do all the housework,      31_ newspapers, watch TV and search on the Internet to learn something new. I often see 32   do Taijiquan in the morning and dance in the evening. She looks young and beautiful     33    she is over seventy. Last week a reporter from a magazine interviewed her and asked      34    she kept so young and healthy. She replied with a smile:
I have a secret of staying young and healthy. It is quite  35  . Keep your mind active, take an interest in the world  36  you., and learn at least one new thing every day. Try to do different kinds of housework and do sports as   37   as you can. Don’t think you are too old to go back to   38  . I know a man who entered a medical college when he was 70 years old. He studied there for 6 years and now he is a doctor. Another man went to a tennis school at the age of 72 and now he is good at  39  tennis. Some people may say staying young is easy only for those who live in the future. In fact, no matter how old you are, you can make it.
Please tell the story to your family. It would be a good start to    40  the lady’s example. I hope all people will stay young and healthy.

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
Miracles（奇迹）will happen if you don't give up trying. Even if you have  31 for one hundred times, you may succeed when you try for the 10lst time.
When I was born, my doctor told my mother that there was something wrong with my 32 .  They were too soft to be able to walk. Although the news was bad, my mother didn't become  33 . She didn't believe what the doctor said  34  she started to look for other ways.
My mother kept looking for other doctors for me, and finally she  35 . The doctor and his team in the hospital did   36 they could to help me. They also asked my parents to teach me to do some  37 to help me walk. One day when my mother came to pick me 38   .I crawled(爬) towards her. She was so surprised and happy that she couldn't believe  39  eyes. Crawling was not walking, but it was a good  40 . Day by day, I could walk by myself.
When I grew up, my mother   41  told me these stories. She said that if I thought of what she said whenever I met   42 , I could do anything successfully. I have been working hard and I have turned out to be a very   43  person. I get best   44 in school and I am a good dancer and swimmer.   45  my mother's strong resolution, I live a happy life now. What the story tells us, as my mother always says, is: Never give up.