1

No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own 1 .

I learned this lesson from an experience many years ago. I took the head 2 job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.

It was a tradition for the school's old team to play against the 3 team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn't even practice to 4 the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, 5 to my disappointment we were beaten. I couldn't believe I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to realize that my team 6 not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were depending on me. I had to change my 7 about their ability and potential.

I started doing anything I could to help them build a little pride. Most important, I began to treat them like winners. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed 8 holidays, we met every day and practised passing and kicking the football.

Six months 9 suffering our defeat on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to improve. Finally, we faced the number 10 team in the state. I felt that it would be a victory for us 11 we lost the game. But that wasn't what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me one of the greatest thrills of my life!

From the experience I learnt a lot about 12 the attitude of the leader can affect the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and encouraged them. I helped them to see themselves 13 , and they built themselves into 14 .

Winners are made, not 15 .

1．A．luck B．tests C．efforts D．nature

2．A．cooking B．reporting C．coaching D．playing

3．A．successful B．excellent C．strong D．new

4．A．cheer for B．prepare for C．help with D．finish with

5．A．and B．but C．yet D．or

6．A．might B．must C．should D．need

7．A．choice B．decision C．attitude D．attention

8．A．our B．his C．her D．their

9．A．before B．after C．during D．from

10．A．one B．two C．three D．four

11．A．even if B．because of C．so that D．as if

12．A．what B．how C．when D．where

13．A．honestly B．difficultly C．calmly D．differently

14．A．leaders B．partners C．winners D．learners

15．A．creative B．natural C．willing D．born

 

2

My father taught us in a very different way. On the first day of my second grade in primary school, my father asked if I could 1 well."Yes," I said. So he gave me a hand­drawn 2 with street names and directions on it, showing me how to walk to school.

My school was three miles away, and I had never been 3 alone on the streets of our city before.The look he gave me as he 4 me the map showed very little. He simply said, "Everything you need to know has been written on the map. Read it and 5 the directions. Don't run, and don't turn back." 6 he kissed me goodbye. I didn't know how long it took me to get there, or how many 7 moments I had. I do remember how I felt when I went around that last corner and saw my 8 . I made it! I jumped up and down. But I felt sorry as I was not with my father. I wasn't able to share my happiness with him. I 9 I could tell him that I had done it. He wasn't there when I got home and I was 10 when he got home. The next day he saw me and said,"Hi, I saw you playing during your break yesterday, did you have fun?" I murmured(低语), "Yes", and waited for him to ask what had happened yesterday. He 11 did.

Years later I 12 got the courage to ask him why he hadn't cared about what had happened. He just looked at me for a moment and then said,"I didn't have to 13 you. I followed you the whole way, but far enough 14 , so you could not see me. I saw you jump up and down at the last street corner. I felt just as 15 as you did."

1．A．listen B．peak C．read D．write

2．A．map B．note C．letter D．notice

3．A．lost B．left C．collected D．missed

4．A．bought B．sold C．handed D．threw

5．A．follow B．ask C．watch D．change

6．A．So B．but C．Yet D．Then

7．A．tiring B．nervous C．boring D．serious

8．A．bag B．bus C．school D．house

9．A．guessed B．suggested C．forgot D．wished

10．A．alone B．asleep C．alive D．awake

11．A．just B．already C．never D．nearly

12．A．usually B．possibly C．certainly D．finally

13．A．ask B．tell C．understand D．remind

14．A．above B．ahead C．back D．down

15．A．lonely B．sorry C．worried D．Happy

 

3

One day, I was so angry with my parents that I left home. I thought they had no rights to take control of my life 1 they didn't even want to buy me a bike. I was so 2 that I didn't realise that I was wearing my father's shoes and I even took 3 wallet.

While I was rushing on foot towards the 4 station, I felt a sharp pain in my foot. That was when I realised one of the shoes had a 5 . There were no buses around. Not knowing what to do, I 6 to look in my dad's wallet. There was a loan(借款收据)of 40000 yuan. I also found a note 7 his manager. It said, "Please wear a new pair of 8 to work." Then, I remembered my mother had told Dad to buy a new pair of shoes, but he said his shoes could last another six months at least. 9 I found an exchange note. Dad was going to exchange his old motorbike for a new bike. I 10 remembered that when I left home, my dad's motorbike wasn't there. I started to run back home with my 11 paining.

However, when I got home, I 12 to see Dad. After an hour, he came back with a new bike. 13 my dad, I felt regret. That was when I realised the unconditional love that he had given me. Boys and girls, we 14 have a habit of taking our parents for granted(视……理所当然).

From now on, let's not 15 them for things they have not done and start loving them for what they have done for us. You know parenting is not an easy job.

1．A．or B．so C．though D．since

2．A．mad B．afraid C．lonely D．worried

3．A．my B．his C．her D．their

4．A．bus B．train C．underground D．radio

5．A．note B．key C．hole D．bottom

6．A．preferred B．started C．promised D．agreed

7．A．to B．for C．from D．about

8．A．shoes B．socks C．glasses D．trousers

9．A．However B．Also C．Instead D．Soon

10．A．probably B．certainly C．especially D．suddenly

11．A．head B．hand C．leg D．foot

12．A．planned B．regretted C．failed D．happened

13．A．Worrying about B．Thinking of C．Looking at D．Waiting for

14．A．always B．seldom C．just D．still

15．A．refuse B．hate C．trust D．respect

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As my husband, Doug, stood on the busy New York city street trying to stop a taxi, I tried to protect my daughter from the cold December wind and rain. I put my head down to kiss her tiny face.

Frustrated and 1 , my husband gave up his attempt to flag down a taxi. I knew the feeling. Just after her first birthday, we 2 that our daughter Katie had a rare brain illness. Since that moment, Doug and I felt like runners in a marathon race where the finish line kept disappearing. We knew Katie was running out of 3 . It had taken months before we finally 4 a name for the illness, but only a few specialists in the world knew 5 to fix it. Now, as we finally found a brilliant doctor to save our girl, we were in a strange 6 in the cold rain.

Just at the moment, a middle-aged woman pulled over and said, "Pardon me? May I offer you a ride?"

7 we could say anything, she continued, "It's really no trouble for 8 . Just get in."

It was then that I noticed her thick Irish accent, which 9 me up like hot soup. We 10 said, "Thanks! Roosevelt Hospital, please," as we got in her car for the ride.

"Are you going 11 the baby?" she asked us.

I nodded my head, holding back my tears.

At the hospital, we 12 her a dozen times for the ride, as the woman hugged me. I noticed her face was wet with tears. She promised to pray for us before she left.

After three more visits to New York and two more 13 surgeries, Katie is cured. But the 14 of the Irish Angel still rang as a constant reminder of a tiny ray of light that appeared in our 15 days. We would pray for her just as she did for us.

1．A．wet B．dry C．warm D．hot

2．A．told B．are told C．were told D．have been told

3．A．money B．time C．confidence D．courage

4．A．looked for B．looked after C．found out D．filled out

5．A．what B．why C．whether D．how

6．A．country B．hospital C．town D．city

7．A．Before B．After C．Until D．When

8．A．me B．us C．you D．her

9．A．picked B．called C．warmed D．woke

10．A．simply B．hardly C．really D．already

11．A．to B．for C．after D．with

12．A．thanked B．praised C．respected D．accepted

13．A．eye B．brain C．face D．heart

14．A．voice B．advice C．message D．spirit

15．A．busiest B．luckiest C．happiest D．darkest

 

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Monty was the son of a horse trainer. When he was in his ninth grade, he was asked to write a 1 about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.

That night he wrote a seven-page paper saying that someday he'd 2 a horse ranch (牧场). He wrote about his dream in great detail and he 3 drew a picture of a 200-acre ranch with all the buildings.

He put a great deal of his 4 into the project and the next day he handed it in 5 his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a 6 that read, "See me after class."

The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, " 7 did I receive an F?" The teacher said, "This is an 8 dream for a young boy like you. You come from a poor family. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of 9 . You have to buy the land. You have to pay for other things. There is no 10 you could ever do it." Then the teacher added, " 11 you rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade."

The boy went home and thought about 12 long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, "Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important 13 for you."

Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the 14 paper, making no changes at all. He said to the teacher, "You can keep the F and I'll keep my 15 ."

1．A．speech B．paper C．notice D．diary

2．A．paint B．win C．own D．sell

3．A．just B．almost C．ever D．even

4．A．heart B．life C．advice D．trust

5．A．to B．with C．from D．for

6．A．word B．letter C．note D．post

7．A．How B．Why C．When D．Where

8．A．unusual B．unforgettable C．unimportant D．unrealistic

9．A．money B．time C．space D．effort

10．A．wonder B．way C．problem D．matter

11．A．Though B．since C．Until D．If

12．A．himself B．him C．it D．itself

13．A．change B．gift C．message D．decision

14．A．long B．thick C．same D．correct

15．A．grade B．dream C．duty D．secret

 

6

Dolores Huerta has worked hard most of her life to help other people. She has helped change things so that farm workers can have a 1 life.

Dolores grew up in California. She was a good 2 and liked school. After she finished high school,she went to college and 3 to be a teacher. After she became a teacher,Dolores noticed that many of her students were not 4 getting enough food to eat. Some of them wore very old clothes. Dolores 5 how she could help them.

Dolores decided to stop 6 so that she could spend more time helping the farm workers and their families.

Dolores did not want to quit her job. She liked teaching,but she thought she could help the children more 7 helping their families. One thing she wanted to do was to get more pay for farm workers 8 they could buy their children the things they needed.

Dolores knew that many farm workers 9 often from one place to another to help 10 different kinds of fruits and vegetables，like lettuce and grapes. She began talking and writing about these workers. Even people who lived far from California 11 what Dolores wrote.

Getting higher pay for the farm workers was 12 . Dolores worked hard to make sure that farm workers got fair pay for their work. She knew that 13 would change unless people made new laws to help the workers.Through all her hard work,new 14 were made that gave farm workers fair pay.

Dolores Huerta has worked for more than 30 15 in many different ways to make life better for working people.

She has shown how much one person can change things.

1．A．happier B．worse C．crueler D．better

2．A．student B．teacher C．professor D．coach

3．A．stuck B．turned C．studied D．dared

4．A．exactly B．easily C．widely D．politely

5．A．realized B．believed C．wondered D．required

6．A．studying B．teaching C．farming D．working

7．A．by B．for C．to D．in

8．A．if B．although C．because D．so

9．A．travel B．fly C．move D．leave

10．A．pick B．store C．sell D．choose

11．A．admire B．collect C．read D．publish

12．A．dificult B．possible C．believable D．normal

13．A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing

14．A．decisions B．laws C．models D．suggestions

15．A．years B．months C．weeks D．days

答案

1 1．C 2．C 3．D 4．B 5．B 6．A 7．C 8．D 9．B 10．A

11．A 12．B 13．D 14．C 15．D

2 1．C 2．A 3．B 4．C 5．A 6．D 7．B 8．C 9．D 10．B

11．C 12．D 13．A 14．C 15．D

3 1．D 2．A 3．B 4．A 5．C 6．B 7．C 8．A 9．B 10．D

11．D 12．C 13．C 14．A 15．B

4 1．A 2．C 3．B 4．C 5．D 6．D 7．A 8．A 9．C 10．A

11．B 12．A 13．B 14．A 15．D

5 1．B 2．C 3．D 4．A 5．A 6．C 7．B 8．D 9．A 10．B

11．D 12．C 13．D 14．C 15．B

6 1．D 2．A 3．C 4．B 5．C 6．B 7．A 8．D 9．C 10．A

11．C 12．A 13．D 14．B 15．A

 

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