My ears are recently full of joyous remarks from my friends such as, “Oh, Beckham is so handsome, so cool, that I can’t help falling in love with him!” or “What perfect skills he has!” Yeah, I 36 to some degree, though I sometimes do want to 37 them how much they know about Beckham, apart from his 38 and how much they know about football apart from 39 goals. It seems funny that we are 40 for things, with which we are unfamiliar or about which we are 41 , but we all, my friends as well as I, consider this one of life’s 42 .
We need these pleasures to 43 our lives. But that doesn't 44 to craziness or nonsense. As an old saying goes: “Don't judge a book by its cover.” We 45 not judge anything from its appearance. We should all know, it is one’s good 46 and great contribution that make one a star and unforgettable. Therefore we’d better say 47 about Beckham’s good looks.
If we close our eyes, falling in deep 48 , we can find that the things that move us to be really happy or sad have a 49 meaning. If we don't go deeper and are just satisfied with 50 things, sooner or later we will find that we have not really gained anything because our first 51 has blinded and misled （误导） us, and we’ll remain ignorant 52 we realize that and make some changes.
It is believed that thinking and going deeper than before is a 53 of great progress. If one day we are willing to go deeper into everything, no matter how much it 54 us, we will finally prove how much we have 55 up, how much more sensible, mature, and intelligent we have become.
36. A. like B. agree C. hope D. think
37. A. ask B. tell C. teach D. doubt
38. A. skills B. fame C. team D. appearance
39. A. kicking B. hitting C. scoring D. controlling
40. A. thankful B. crazy C. curious D. anxious
41. A. uncertain B. unhappy C. displeased D. careful
42. A. aims B. qualities C. pleasures D. truths
43. A. keep up B. brighten up C. find out D. bring about
44. A. come B. increase C. amount D. rise
45. A. dared B. would C. could D.should
46. A. thinking B. character C. looks D. ability
47. A. more B. something C. less D. nothing
48. A. love B. sleep C. sence D. thought
49. A. clear B. puzzling C. moving D. valuable
50. A. material B. deep C. surface D. pleasant
51. A. conclusion B. experience C. lesson D. impression
52. A. since B. although C. unless D. before
53. A. sign B. cause C. value D. willingness
54. A. worries B. pains C. satisfies D. offers
55. A.given B. sent C. built D. grown
答案 36.B 37.A 38.D 39.C 40.B 41.A 42.C 43.B 44.C 45.D 46.B 47.C 48.D 49.A 50.C 51.D 52.C 53.A 54.B 55.D
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“How did you do it, Dad? How have you managed not to take a drink for almost 20 years?” It took me almost 26 years to have the to even ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first 27 drinking , the whole family was on 28 and needles every time he got into a 29 that, in the past, would have 30 him drinking again. For a few years we were 31 to bring it up 32 that the drinking would begin again.
“I had this little poem that I would recite to myself at least four to five times a day,” was Dad’s 33 to my 18-year-old unasked question. “The words were a constant 34 to me that things were 35 so hard that I could not deal with them,” Dad said. And then he 36 the poem with me. The poem’s 37 , yet profound words immediately became 38 of my daily routine as well.
About a month after this talk with my father, I received a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of daily sayings of wisdom with one 39 for each day of the year.
It has been my experience that when you get something with days of the year on it, you naturally turn to the page that lists your own 40 .
I 41 opened the book to November 10 to see 42 words of wisdom this book had in store for me. The moment I glanced at the page, tears of 43 and appreciation 44 down my face. There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had 45 my father for all these years! It is called the Serenity Prayer:
God, grant me
the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
the courage to change the things I can, and
the wisdom to know the difference.
26. A. chance B. courage C. ability D. right
27. A. gave up B. took up C. started D. continued
28. A. thread B. duty C. fire D. pins
29. A. situation B. habit C. condition D. house
30.A. stopped B. made C. started D. asked
31. A. sure B. uncertain C. afraid D. eager
32. A. on condition B. for fear C. in case D. providing
33. A. reply B. words C. excuse D. explanation
34. A. fear B. imagination C. thought D. reminder
35. A. never B. seldom C. always D. ever
36. A. discussed B. shared C. offered D. talked
37. A. simple B. long C. wonderfully D. boring
38. A. all B. that C. any D. part
39. A. listed B. included C. read D. said
40. A. character B. birthday C. qualities D. favorites
41. A. doubtfully B. carefully C. happily D. hurriedly
42. A. where B. whether C. what D. how
43. A. disbelief B. anger C. sorrow D. regret
44. A. hung B. pulled C. rolled D. pushed
45. A. troubled B. disturbed C. pleased D. helped
参考答案
26～30 BADAC 31～35 CBADA
36～40 BADAB 41～45 DCACD