Have you ever tried to draw a straight line, only to find it turns out all wrong? Or, have you ever wanted to show ___36___ at a party and found the song you’d practiced so many times suddenly__37_ more difficult? I’ve had both these__38___. As a senior student, I have to ___39__ many exams. Each time, I think, “ I__40___ fail this time,’’ but I get a low mark. Don’t be surprised---it’s not __41___ I don’t try, do enough preparation, __42__ take it seriously. On the contrary, it is because I give it too _43__ attention. The thought “ I must pass” makes me taste the terrible flavor of failure.

   I often___44___ to my friends, “ Don’t be too hard ___45____ yourself.” However, when I __46___ my own goals, I do not listen to my own advice. So why not ___47__ this crazy thought of achieving the best? Just face the problem__48____before you with a calm mind, work and you will succeed.

  In my opinion, __49___ a calm state of mind is a skill for life. People__50__ want to succeed realizing this is of __51______ importance. So __52___ time you’re trying to draw a straight line or ___53___ a performance, tell yourself, “ If I can just do it _54___ than last time, it’s a success.” Keep a calm state of mind, and you will be happy __55____you succeed or fail.

A. around           B.  off           C. out             D. in

A. became             B.  become        C. becoming       D. becomes

A. experiences         B.  experience     C. times           D. difficulties

A. enter              B.  make         C. take            D. join

A. won’t             B.  can           C. need           D. needn’t

A. because of        B.  /            C. therefore       D. because

A. and                  B. or                   C. but             D. nor

A. many           B. few                C. little           D. much 

A. say             B. advise              C. tell                       D. encourage

A. off                  B. on                  C. to                        D. for

A. give               B. hold                       C. build              D. set

A. throw away       B. get away          C. take up           D push off

A. lie                 B. lies                 C. lying              D. laying

A. keeping              B. staying            C. remaining       D. making

A. whom              B. which            C. who            D. /

A no                 B. little           C. very            D. great

A. last                B. the last            C. next               D. the next

A. put on              B play on                  C. give on           D show on

A. best               B. better                   C. good              D. well

A. if                   B. either                   C. neither         D. whether

Mr. Flower was well-known around for growing the best flowers of the year and his four glass-houses were taken good care of. These glass-houses were close to a public path, which was always used ___36__ children and young people walking to and from __37__. Boys of about thirteen years of age, especially, were often tempted（尝试） to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flower’s __38__ . They managed to resist the temptation(抵制诱惑) when Mr. Flower was around, but the temptation often seemed to be too __39__ when Mr. Flower was __40__ to be seen. For this reason, Mr. Flower did his best to be __41__ his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school days.

However, it was not always possible for him to be on guard at these times.  Mr. Flower had tried __42__ to prevent（阻止） the damage to his glass; but nothing that he had done had been__43__. He had been to the school to complain(抱怨) to the headmaster, but this had not done any__44__. He had hidden in the bushes（灌木丛） and __45__ those boys that threw stones __46__ his garden, but the boys could run __47__ faster than he, and they even __48__ at him at a distance（距离）. He had even walked along the path and picked up all those __49__ that he could find so that the boys would have nothing to __50__, but they soon found others, or threw lumps of earth instead.

Then just as he had given __51__ hope of winning the battle（战斗）, a truly wonderful __52__ came up to him. He set up a large notice board made of good strong wood, some meters away from the glass-houses __53__ it could be clearly seen from the path. On the board he painted the __54__ : DO NOT THROW AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flower had no __55__ .The boys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice board than at the glass-houses.

1.A. to             B. by           C. of           D. with

2.A. factory         B. office        C. school        D. work

3.A. bed-rooms      B. living-room   C. reading-room   D. glass-houses

4.A. strong          B. weak         C. limited       D. strange

5.A. impossible      B. unable       C. possible       D. somewhere

6.A. far away from   B. in or close to   C. into or out of   D. at or out

7.A. in no way       B. in a way     C. in the way      D. in many ways

8.A. successful      B. cheerful      C. wonderful      D. careful

9.A. harm          B. wrong        C. good          D. wonder

10.A. watched        B. walked to    C. waited for      D. run after

11.A. towards        B. over         C. out of         D. into

12.A. many          B. much        C. more          D. lots of

13.A. laughed        B. looked       C. called          D. surprised

14.A. earth          B. sticks        C. stones          D. branches

15.A. pick up         B. catch        C. play with      D. throw

16.A. in             B. off          C. out            D. up

17.A. idea           B. friend        C. guest          D. word

18.A. where          B. there where   C. on which       D. there

19.A. announcement   B. words        C. sentences       D. message

20.A. peaceful times   B. further trouble   C. more happiness   D. questions

 

Thanks to a combination of young businessmen, large numbers of university students and revitalization (新生) efforts by the local and national governments, today’s Nanjing has an       36    of youthful exuberance (繁茂) that would have been    37   only a few decades ago.   38   , the city, a booming city of 6.5 million on the banks of the Yangtze River some 185 miles west of Shanghai, bears    39    resemblance to the former capital of China that suffered the worst cruelty and violence of World War II.

40    Nanjing has shown a remarkable capacity for reinvention during its 2,500-year history. And in recent years, the city has moved    41    its tragic past to become a vital engine of China’s economic growth, thanks    42    to its position in the middle of China’s prosperous eastern seaboard. Growth has also    43    thanks to improved ground transportation: A new bullet train linking Nanjing and Shanghai started service last year,    44    travel time between the cities from several hours to just 75 minutes, and a Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line is    45   to open later this year, with a stop in Nanjing. Within the city, two metro lines were built in the last few years; 15 more are planned to begin service by 2030.

Signs of Nanjing’s    46    wealth and optimism can be seen everywhere. In the heart of the downtown Xinjiekou district, a bronze statue of Sun Yat-sen,    47    the father of modern China, looks    48    over a busy    49    area.

There is perhaps no more    50    symbol of the city’s transformation than the Zifeng Tower, a 1,480-foot skyscraper that opened its doors last May.    51    offices, restaurants and an InterContinental hotel, the tower is the second-tallest building in China and billed as the seventh-tallest in the world.

Underlying all this development is a large Chinese and    52   student population — there are several major universities, plus a branch of Johns Hopkins’s international studies school. In fact, art and music    53    in all sorts of places.

On a larger    54   , local government officials and private investors are pushing the city as a rising center for contemporary art and architecture, hoping to attract    55    from the neon-bathed streets of its neighbor Shanghai.

1.A. advance    B. affection            C. air          D. ability

2. A. unforgettable B. unthinkable  C. unbearable       D. unnecessary

3. A. Actually  B. Regretfully          C. Hopefully  D. Consequently

4.A. close      B. slight               C. much         D. little

5. A. Because           B. But              C. As       D. Since

6. A. beyond        B. on               C. off              D. out

7. A. in addition       B. in all   C. in part              D. in fact

8. A. started           B. enlarged         C. existed  D. accelerated

9. A. removing      B. cutting              C. dividing     D. lowering

10. A. scheduled    B. invented         C. desired          D. meant

11.A. attractive     B. well-received    C. newfound     D. discovered

12. A. thought          B. treated      C. considered       D. elected

13.A. out               B. at                   C. about        D. for

14. A. remote           B. regional         C. rural        D. commercial

15. A. universal    B. visible          C. traditional  D. political

16. A. Keeping      B. Consisting       C. Opening      D. Housing

17. A. British          B. western      C. American         D. foreign

18. A. spring up     B. stand up         C. set up           D. keep up

19. A. extent           B. degree           C. scale            D. level

20. A. businessmen      B. students         C. tourists     D. painters

 

Some time ago, two navy officers made a journey to the deepest point on the earth. The two men went down seven miles to the__1__of the Pacific Ocean inside a small steel ball to find out if there are any__2__of life.

They set out early so that the ball would come to the surface in the__3__and so be easily found by the mother ship. The divers began__4__at dawn and soon afterwards the ball__5__under the surface of the water.

__6__, the temperature dropped to freezing point and the men trembled inside the ball. They kept in touch with the mother ship by telephone__7__how they felt. At a depth of 3,000 feet, the telephone stopped working and they were quite cut__8__from the outside world. At 30,000 feet, the men were shocked by a sudden loud__9__- even the smallest hole in the ball would have__10__instant death. Luckily, it was only one of the outer windows__11__had broken.

Soon afterwards, the ball__12__the soft ocean floor, raising a big cloud of "dust" made__13__different kinds of small, dead sea animals. Here, powerful lights lit up the __14__water. The men were surprised to see fish swimming just above them, quite__15__ by the very large water pressure. But they did not__16__to leave lights on for long, as the great__17__from them made the water boil. Quite__18__, the telephone began working again and the weak__19__ clear voices of the officers were heard on the mother ship. After a__20__of thirty minutes the men began their journey up, arriving three hours later.

1. A. foot          B. base         C. bottom       D. tip

2. A. marks         B. signs        C. signals       D. messages

3. A. evening        B. night       C. secret        D. daytime

4. A. diving         B. rising       C. traveling      D. preparations

5. A. disappeared    B. floated       C. threw        D. flew

6. A. In time        B. On time      C. At times      D. At one time

7. A. guiding       B. realizing      C. describing     D. imagining

8. A. down         B. over         C. off           D. out

9. A. voice         B. noise         C. explosion     D. shout

10. resulted         B. suggested     C. meant        D. saved

11. A. where        B. that          C. which        D. whose

12. A. touched      B. visited        C. attacked      D. landed

13. A. of           B. from         C. up of         D. into

14. A. green        B. blue          C. dark         D. hot

15. A. unbelieved    B. unchanged    C. uncovered     D. untroubled

16. A. use          B. need         C. dare          D. think

17. A. light         B. heat         C. pressure       D. sound

18. A. unexpected    B. uncovered    C. unknown      D. uncontrolled

19. A. or           B. and          C. but           D. either

20. A. living        B. stay          C. rest          D. break

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案.

　　People in Britain are living longer and are 1 , with the 2 that more and more money is being spent on consumer goods, 3 the latest statistics.

　　But while people 4 appear to be healthier and wealthier, an analysis of 5 activities suggests they are also lazier. 6 the most popular pastime is watching television, with 98 percent of homes having 7 one set and over a third having a video recorder.

　　Other pastimes 8 listening to music, gardening, sports, visiting friends or going out for a meal. The 56.8 million people of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland 9 an 10 12 million household pets.

　　Most of the homes now have central heating, washing machines, refrigerators, telephones and even cars.

　　Britain are also 11 more foreign holidays. United Kingdom residents took over 17 12 holidays overseas in 1986, 13 15.75 million in 1985, and the most popular destinations were 14 Spain, France and Greece.

　　More people are eating meals out and 15 lifestyles have changed, the consumption of take--away meals, convenience foods and so--called fast food has also 16　　 . Over the past 25 years, consumption of 17　　 coffee, processed foods, fruit and vegetables has risen 18 home consumption of beef, lamb, bread, potatoes, butter, sugar and tea has 19　　 .

　　Alcohol consumption is continuing its rise but the types of drinks taken has changed. Beer remains the most popular, but lager（淡啤酒）now 20 more than half of beer sales and there has been a switch from whisky to other spirits.

　　And those of us who survive and prosper can expect to live to the age of 71 for men and 77 for women--a year longer than in 1985.

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