完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved. That person was my stepmother.
I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father __36__ me to her with these words: “ I would like you to meet the fellow who is __37__ for being the worst boy in this country and will probably start throwing rocks at you no __38__ than tomorrow morning.”
My stepmother walked over to me, __39__ my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are __40__. This is not the worst boy at all, __41__ the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet(释放的途径) for his enthusiasm.
That statement began a(n) __42__ between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my __43__ as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She __44__ my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the county seat, where my father’s career could be more __45__ and my brother and I could be better __46__.
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand __47__ and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I __48__ it, and I saw how it had improved our lives. I accepted her __49__ and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of _ 50__ that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the __51__ beneficiary (受益者). My father became the __52__ man in town. My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
What power _53__ has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is __54__ strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible(不可抗拒的) force which poverty and temporary defeat can never __55__ .
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.
1. A．rushed B．sent C．carried D．introduced
2. A．distinguished B．favored C．mistaken D．rewarded
3. A．sooner B．later C．longer D．earlier
4. A．dragged B．shook C．raised D．bent
5. A．perfect B．right C．wrong D．impolite
6. A．but B．so C．and D．or
7. A．agreement B．friendship C．gap D．relationship
8. A．opinion B．image C．expectation D．mind
9. A．begged B．persuaded C．ordered D．invited
10. A．successful B．meaningful C．helpful D．useful
11. A．treated B．entertained C．educated D．respected
12. A．camera B．radio C．bicycle D．typewriter
13. A．considered B．suspected C．ignored D．appreciated
14. A．belief B．request C．criticism D．description
15. A．teaching B．writing C．studying D．reading
16. A．next B．same C．only D．real
17. A．cleverest B．wealthiest C．strongest D．healthiest
18. A．enthusiasm B．sympathy C．fortune D．confidence
19. A．deliberately B．happily C．traditionally D．constantly
20. A．win B．reach C．match D．doubt
—Now that I’ve finished my exams, I’m going to relax and go for a vocation tomorrow.
— _____! I’ve still got two finals to take.
A．How nice B．Lucky you
C．So far,so good D．Good luck to you
______ at the door before you enter my room, please.
A．Knock B．Knocking C．Knocked D．To knock
请根据以下提示，并结合事例，用英语写一篇短文。
The truth doesn’t always go as it seems to.
注意：①无须写标题;
②除诗歌外，文体不限;
③文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称;
④词数为120左右。
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[1] Weeks after his wife died, Rao Pingru started to paint pictures of her. From the first time he saw her putting on makeup in a mirror, to their wedding at which they promised “to love and cherish”, to her lying in bed on her final days – all the images of their nearly 60 – year marriage have been food for his art.
[2] “ When I create her with brushstrokes, she is there, and our story doesn’t perish,(死亡)” said Rao, 91, a retired military man and former editor. He has filled 18 albums of drawings in the past four years, which he called Our Story.
[3] At first, the Jiangxi native was only trying to pass time and leave something so his grandchildren could “know about their grandparents” who have been through war, poverty, sickness and, perhaps most importantly, love.
[4] Rao met Meitang as a blind date when he came back from war in 1946. “ It’s a strange thing. You just have to meet the right person to have that feeling,” he said, thinking of how lovely she was. During their early dates, Rao _________________ “the three words”. Instead, he sang a pop song of the time, Rosemary, I love you, to express his feelings, on a park bench in Nanchang, Jiangxi province.
[5] The first two years of their marriage was “ the sweetest time” of Rao’s life, as he recalled, in spite of the turbulence following the war. The couple adopted a happy – go – lucky policy wherever they traveled, worked and lived. They managed to escape robbery by hiding their possessions in tires while Rao was working in Guizhou province.
1.What is the main idea of the passage? (no more than 12 words)
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2.What does the underlined word “ food”(Para 1) refer to? (no more than 9 words)
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3.Why did Rao begin his drawings? (no more than 16 words)
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4.Please fill in the blank (Para 4)with proper words to complete the sentence. (no more than 5 words)
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5.What is Rao and his wife’s attitude towards life? (no more than 4words)
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Once in a blue moon,(极为罕见) there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't expect it to be blue - the name has nothing to do with the color of our closest celestial(天空的) neighbor. A full moon occurred on December 2. It will appear again on Thursday in time for the New Year's countdown.
The New Year's Eve blue moon will be visible in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. For partygoers in Australia and Asia, the full moon does not show up until New Year's Day, making January a blue moon month for them.
A full moon occurs every 29.5 days, and most years have 12. On average, an extra full moon in a month - a blue moon - occurs every 2.5 years. The last time there was a lunar double take was in May 2007. New Year's Eve blue moons are rarer, occurring every 19 years. The last time was in 1990; the next one won't come again until 2028.
“Blue moons have no astronomical significance,” said Greg Laughlin, an astronomer at the University of California. “`Blue moon' is just a name in the same sense as a `hunter's moon'(a full moon in octorber) or a `harvest moon,'” Laughlin said in an e-mail.
The popular definition of blue moon came about after a writer for Sky & Telescope magazine in 1946 misinterpreted the Maine Farmer's Almanac and labeled a blue moon as the second full moon in a month. In fact, the almanac(年历) defined a blue moon as the third full moon in a season with four full moons.
1.What’s the color of blue moon?
A．blue B．golden C．green D．red
2.If you are in China, in which month can you see the blue moon?
A．December, 2009 B．November, 2009
C．January, 2010 D．February, 2010
3.Compared with the hunters moon, the blue moon ________ .
A．is more beautiful B．is rarer C．is larger D．is brighter
4.Which full moon should be called blue moon according to the original definition?
A．The second full moon in a month with two full moons.
B．The third full moon in a month with three full moons.
C．The second full moon in a season with four full moons.
D．The third full moon in a season with four full moons.
5.What would be the best title for the passage ?
A．Rare New Year’s Eve Blue Moon to Ring in 2010
B．Blue Moon to Take Us Good Fortune
C．The Best Time to Observe Blue Moon
D．The Reason for Blue Moon’s Appearing
