I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And 36 otherwise assigned（指定）a seat by the teacher, I always 37 to sit at the back of the classroom.
All this 38 after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy 39 because I didn’t have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the 40 to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “ 41 for it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try.
Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the 42 of it! When I first started 43 the practice sessions, I didn’t even know the rules of the game, much 44 what I was doing. Sometimes I’d get 45 and take a shot at the wrong direction—which made me feel really stupid. 46 , I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to 47 on learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t 48 “just yet”.
I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the 49 and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive 50 in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the 51 — friends who respected my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!
With my 52 self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from “53” in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself, 54 raising my hand— even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent 55 I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.
36. A. as B. until C. unless D. though 37. A. hoped B. agreed C. meant D. chose 38. A. continued B. changed C. settled D. started 39. A. idea B. plan C.belief D. saying 40. A. right B. chance C. ability D.patience 41. A. going B. looking C. cheering D. applying 42. A. point B. half C. rest D. basis 43. A. enjoying B. preparing C. attending D. watching 44. A. less B. later C. worse D. further 45. A. committed B. motivated C. embarrassed D. confused 46. A. Interestingly B. Fortunately C. Obviously D. hopefully 47. A. focus B. act C. rely D. try 48. A. want B. do C. support D. know 49. A. steps B. orders C. rules D. games 50. A. roles B. part C. mind D. value 51. A. process B. operation C. movement D. situation 52. A. expressed B. improved C. preserved D. recognized 53. A. dreaming B. playing C. relaxing D. hiding 54. A. by B. for C. with D. to
55. A. lucky B. happy C. sure D. satisfied
2011山东卷
I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all ___36____ of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they ___37____ that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought ____38___ for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn’t go, so my brother __39_____ me the ticket. I was really ___40____!
I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our __41____ . After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became ___42____. I could barely make out the stage in the ___43____. We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band ___44____ the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn’t ____45___ what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as ____46___ a jet engine. I could ___47____ the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.
I can’t recall any of the songs that the band played. I just __48_ that I really enjoyed the show and didn’t want it to _ 49_. But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the 50_ and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just 51_from a long sleep. My ears were still 52_with the beat of the last song. After the 53 , I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while, 54_, I listen to one of their songs and 55_I’m back at that first show.
36. A. members B. friends C. fans D. volunteers 37. A. guessed B. discovered C. thought D. predicted 38. A. flowers B. drinks C. clothes D. tickets 39. A. booked B. offered C. returned D. found
40. A. relaxed B. embarrassed C. excited D. encouraged 41. A. seats B. entrance C. spots D. space 42. A. comfortable B. quite C. serious D. nervous 43. A. silence B. noise C. darkness D. smoke
44. A. fell upon B. got through C. broke into D. stepped onto 45. A. forget B. hear C. repeat D. bear 46. A. loud B. heard C. sweet D. fast 47. A. feel B. touch C. enjoy D. digest 48. A. realize B. understand C. believe D. remember 49. A. continue B. delay C. finish D. change 50. A. party B. theatre C. opera D. stage 51. A. escaped B. traveled C. benefited D. woken 52. A. aching B. burning C. ringing D. rolling 53. A. competition B. performance C. interview D. celebration 54. A. though B. otherwise C. instead D. besides 55. A. decide B. regret C. conclude D. imagine
2011浙江卷
Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.
Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my 21 was more manageable , I 22 ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. 23 that was years ago and times have changed. 24 I live with mother on a country farm.
Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to 25 my disability pension (残疾抚恤金). 26 I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my 27 . I decided that I would consider 28 to singing in restaurants. My family are all musicians, so I was 29 when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of 30 to get started. And 31 you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can 32 use.
When I told the owner of the shop about my 33 ; he gave me a long thoughtful 34 . “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”
He led me 35 the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand 36 on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your 37 and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”
I 38 . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose 39 that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.
His 40 still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.
21. A. loneliness B. sadness C. tiredness D. sickness 22. A. set B. enjoyed C. kept D. shared 23. A. Gladly 24. A. Now
B. Eventually B. Then
C. Unfortunately C. Sometime C. get rid of C. Though C. choices C. getting on C. found C. energy C. seldom C. nearly C. idea C. look
D. Surprisingly D. Meanwhile D. take advantage of D. Before D. positions D. going back D. invited D. knowledge D. often D. formerly D. offer D. sight D. through D. gratefully
25. A. add up to 26. A. If 27. A. movement B. make up for B. As B. condition
28. A. reaching out B. living up
29. A. recognized B. interviewed 30. A. money 31. A. thus 32. A. actually 33. A. job 34. A. face
B. time B. once B. hardly B. family B. view
35. A. over 36. A. unhappily 37. A. pick 38. A. had to cry 39. A. more 40. A. courage
B. along B. lovingly B. turn B. ought to cry B. the ones B. devotion
C. towards C. pitifully
C. role D. step
C. should have cried D. could have cried C. few C. kindness
D. the rest D. trust
2011四川卷
I truly feel that my mother led me here, to Morzaine, and to my future as happy wife and businesswoman. When Mum 21 in October 2007, I was cook. In December that year，while I was working for a wedding，a pearl necklace Mum had left me 22 . I was distraught（忧心如焚的）.Some days later, I was 23 that a guy who was working with us that day.“could probably have made a fortune 24 the necklace he found.” 25 ，he returned it. Hearing he I’d 26 Mum for six months before her death, he said，“Christmas is going to be 27 —why not go out to the Alps for a couple of weeks.
I come to Morzaine, a small, friendly village in the Alps and 28 fell in love with it. What was 29 to be a stopgap (权宜之计) trip turned into a new life. I kept traveling between London and here and felt 30 than I had in months. In December 2008, I was 31 as a hotel manager and moved here full time.
A month later, I met Paul, who was traveling here. We fell in love. In the beginning, I didn’t want to discuss 32 ，because the sadness of losing Mum __33__ felt great. Paul understood that and never 34 me. But, by summer,we got married. A year later, we used his saving, and the money from the sale of Mom’s house, to build our own 35 . We want to give our guests a 36 feel, so each room is themed (以……为题) around memories from our lives. There are also styles to remind me of Mom—a tiny chair which 37 be in her bedroom is set in one room.
We are having a wonderful life Mum 38 naturally part of it, 39 there’s no way we would be here. If it wasn’t for the 40 she gave me. I know she’s here in spirit, keeping an eye on us.
21. A. died B. came C. returned D. visited 22. A. burned B. disappeared C. broke D. dropped 23. A. shown B. comforted C. persuaded D. told 24. A. hiding B. stealing C. selling D. wearing 25. A. Luckily B. Naturally C. Surely D. Hopefully 26. A. nursed B. cured C. missed D. guarded 27. A. long B. hard C. merry D. free
28. A. suddenly B. finally C. nearly D. immediately 29. A. said B. proved C. supposed D. judged 30. A. smarter B. higher C. firmer D. lighter 31. A. honoured B. hired C. regarded D. trained 32. A. travel B. business C. children D. marriage 33. A. recently B. once C. still D. first
34. A. left B. pushed C. surprised D. interrupted 35. A. hotel B. restaurant C. home D. shop 36. A. homely B. lively C. motherly D. friendly 37. A. ought to B. used to C. might D. could 38. A. takes B. keeps C. looks D. feels 39. A. unless B. while C. because D. though 40. A. money B. chair C. house D. necklace
重庆卷
My father brought home a sailboat when I was ten, and almost each Sunday in summers we would go sailing. Dad was quite skilled in sailing, but not good at 36 . As for me, I 37 both before twelve because of living close to Lake Ontario.
The last time Dad and I set sail together is really 38 . It was a perfect weekend after I graduated from university. I came home and 39 Dad to go sailing. Out we set soon on the__40__ lake. Dad hadn’t sailed for years, but everything 41
well with the tiller (舵柄) in his hands.
When we were in the middle of the lake, a 42 wind came all of a sudden. The boat was hit __43 . Dad was always at his best in any 44 , but at this moment he 45 . “John! 46 !” he shouted in a trembling voice, with the tiller still in his hands.
In my memory he could fix any 47 . He was the one I always 48 for strength and security. Before I could respond, a 49 of water got into the boat. I rushed to the tiller 50 it was too late. Another huge wall of water 51 the boat in a minute. We were thrown into the water, and Dad was struggling aimlessly. At that moment, I felt fiercely 52 of him.
I swam to Dad 53 and assisted him in climbing onto the hull (船壳) of the boat. Upon sitting on the hull, Dad was a little awkward about his flash of 54 . “It’s all right, Dad. We are safe now,” I comforted him.
That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency. More importantly, I found it was my turn to start 55 for my father. 36. A. boating 37. A. enjoyed 38. A. unforgivable 39. A. sent 40. A. calm 41. A. finished
B. running C. swimming B. desired C. hated B. unforgettable C. cheerful B. ordered C. invited B. icy B. went
B. gentle B. lightly B. place
D. teaching D. learned D. regretful D. allowed
C. stormy D. thundery C. seemed D. sounded
C. cold C. hardly C. sport
D. hot
D. violently D. job
42. A. strong
43. A. repeatedly 44. A. danger 45. A. suffered 46. A. Look 47. A. problem 48. A. turned to 49. A. fountain 50. A. if 51. A. got through 52. A. ashamed 53. A. hopelessly 54. A. pain 55. A. making up
B. fell B. Help C. froze C. Run D. withdrew D. Jump
B. relationship C. machine D. boat B. lived with C. argued with D. objected to B. stream B. for
C. shower
C. after
C. tired
C. slowly
D. wave D. but
D. afraid
D. helplessly D. shame D. looking out
B. poured into C. turned over D. lifted up
B. protective B. quickly
B. anger C. fear B. getting ready C. paying off
（湖北卷）The young wonman entered the pool where an injured dolphin（海豚） was swimming．Despite her fear, she felt strong wearing her new leg．
In her second grade．Maja 31 her cousin．Jasmina．After Jasmina’s death．Maja swore she would honor the little girl by 32 with a dolphin, an animal that both girls 33 .” Jasmina never got the chance to do it.” says Maja, now32, “so I 34 that someday I’d do it for her．”
In high school, Maja was 35 about sports．She even planned to become an athlete． 36 , in 1993, during the civil war in her home country, a bomb 37 her left leg．
After two years’ 38 in the U.S., Maja received her first artificial （人造的）leg, but 39 it didn’t fit well, walking for Maja was very painful 40 , she managed to graduate from a local high school．Then after receiving a 41 from Saint Francis University, she got a job at an insurance firm and 42 started her own company．
To relax, Maja 43 often watch the dolphins play at an aquarium（水族馆）near her home．A young dolphin, Winter, who had lost its tail, caught her 44 . One day, Maja happened to see trainers 45 Winter with a high-teeh tail．When they were done．Winter swam freely in the water．Maja was 46 ．She managed to find the inventors of Winter’s tail．Within ten days, she had a new leg which freed her of the 47 that had troubled her for almost 16years．
Now Maja was ready to keep her 48 ．She went to the aquarium．Lowered herself into the pool and held out a hand to Winter, who approached 49 , then swam away．After a few minutes, the dolphin let Maja 50 its back. Finally, the two began to swim around the pool together． 31．A．lost 32．A．talking 33．A．adored 34．A．pretended 35．A．positive 36．A．Undoubtedly 37．A．took away 38．A．study 39．A．until 40．A．Otherwise
B．visited B．living B．adopted B．decided B．Surprisingly B．took over B．operation
C．rescued C．swimming
D．left
D．surfing
C.possessed D．purchased C．perfected D．agreed C．Strangely D．Unfortunately C．cut down D．cut out C．treatment D．experiment
B．enthusiastic C．particular D．curious
B．because C．although D．if B．Therefore C．Besides D．However
C．prize D．notice C．eventually C．could C．nose C．marking
D．naturally D．would D．hand D．fitting
41．A．scholarships B．degree 42．A．gradually B．actually 43．A．might B．should 44．A．eye B．leg 45．A．decorating B．guiding
46．A．inspired B．puzzled 47．A．worry B．sadness 48．A．appointment B．promise 49．A．blindly B．angrily 50．A．strike B．cover
C．shocked C．pain C．record C．gratefully
D．amused D．fear D．habit D．cautiously
C．touch D．wipe
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