完形填空（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）
It’s good to make mistakes, and here is why．
First of all, mistakes are a clear  36 that you are trying new things．It’s always   37  to try new things because when you are trying new things you are   38 ．If you never try anything new, how can you   39 ? The simple answer is “You can’t”．With few exceptions, every single detail of development is the   40 of someone trying something new．
When you are making mistakes, you are  41  ．Edison failed 10,000 times before he   42  the light bulb．When asked how it felt to  43  that many times, he said that he hadn’t failed 10,000 times, but rather had learned 10,000 things that didn’t  44 ．
Finally, when you make a mistake you are much   45  to success．Why ?
When all is done, you will have tried some number of things before you succeed．  46  you make a mistake you eliminate (排除) one of those things and are one step closer．
But this all doesn’t mean that you should go ahead   47  considering the consequences of a mistake．Quite the contrary, when you try something new, you   48   be willing to set some reasonable limits, so that in the event that it doesn’t   49  the way you want it to, you will be in a position to try again．
We all have   50  resources in time and money, so don’t blow them all on one   51  to a problem．Realize that it probably won’t be perfect the first time, and allocate (分配)  these resources properly so you can learn,   52   corrections, and try it again．Only by  53    and using your mistakes in this way, can you make significant  54   in your business or career．
As an old saying goes, “If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough．”
So go  55  and make mistakes．And learn．And grow．And succeed．
小題1:
A．wordB．signC．markD．signature
小題2:
A．interesting B．funnyC．badD．good
小題3:
A．workingB．failingC．growingD．playing
小題4:
A．improve B．studyC．insistD．think
小題5:
A．progressB．resultC．strengthD．experiment
小題6:
A．learningB．correctingC．doingD．promising
小題7:
A．brokeB．perfectedC．designedD．bought
小題8:
A．succeedB．inventC．failD．struggle
小題9:
A．workB．helpC．goD．perform
小題10:
A．furtherB．closerC．familiarD．interested
小題11:
A．Only ifB．Even thoughC．Every time D．As if
小題12:
A．withB．withoutC．intoD．through
小題13:
A．want toB．lead toC．tend toD．have to
小題14:
A．work outB．put outC．run outD．sort out
小題15:
A．enoughB．muchC．limitedD．little
小題16:
A．wayB．a(chǎn)pproachC．meansD．suggestion
小題17:
A．makeB．followC．takeD．offer
小題18:
A．tryingB．a(chǎn)voidingC．a(chǎn)cceptingD．receiving
小題19:
A．useB．contributionC．moneyD．a(chǎn)dvances
小題20:
A．backB．forthC．offD．out

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:B
小題6:A
小題7:B
小題8:C
小題9:A
小題10:B
小題11:C
小題12:B
小題13:D
小題14:A
小題15:C
小題16:B
小題17:A
小題18:C
小題19:D
小題20:B

試題分析：本文敘述了犯錯是大有裨益的，原因有以下幾點(diǎn)：首先，錯誤清楚地表明你正在嘗試新鮮事物。其次犯錯的過程也正是你學(xué)習(xí)的過程。最后一點(diǎn)，犯錯之前正是你更為接近成功之日。有句古話說：“如果你沒犯錯誤，就說明你沒有盡力�！彼�，勇往直前，去犯錯誤吧。然后學(xué)習(xí)、成長，最后成功。
小題1:考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。word單詞； sign跡象，符號； mark 標(biāo)志； signature簽名。錯誤清楚地表明你正在嘗試新鮮事物。故選B。
小題2:考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。interesting有趣的； funny滑稽的；bad 壞的； good好的。嘗試新事物總是好的，故選D。
小題3:考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。working工作； failing失��； growing 成長； playing玩。因?yàn)槟銜谶@一過程中不斷成長。故選C。
小題4:考查動詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。improve進(jìn)步，提高； study學(xué)習(xí)； insist堅(jiān)持； think認(rèn)為。如果從不嘗試任何新鮮事物，你怎么能進(jìn)步？故選A。
小題5:考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。progress進(jìn)步； result 結(jié)果； strength力氣；experiment實(shí)驗(yàn)。幾乎無一例外，你在客觀世界看到的每一件事，或是每一件事的每一個細(xì)節(jié)都是有人在嘗試事物的結(jié)果。故選B。
小題6:考查動詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。learning學(xué)習(xí)； correcting改正； doing做； promising答應(yīng)。犯錯的過程也正是你學(xué)習(xí)的過程。故選A。
小題7:考查動詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。broke 打破； perfected完美，改進(jìn)，熟練； designed 設(shè)計(jì)；bought買。愛迪生在改進(jìn)電燈泡前失敗了一萬次。故選B。
小題8:考查動詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。succeed成功； invent發(fā)明； fail失�。籹truggle奮斗。當(dāng)被問到失敗那么多次，感覺如何時，愛迪生說自己并沒有失敗一萬次，而是獲知了一萬個并不奏效的事物。故選C。
小題9:考查動詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。work起作用， 工作； help 幫助； go去； perform執(zhí)行。而是獲知了一萬個并不奏效的事物。故選A。
小題10:考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。further更遠(yuǎn)的； closer靠近的； familiar熟悉的；   interested感興趣的。最后一點(diǎn)，犯錯之前正是你更為接近成功之日。這是為什么呢？故選B。
小題11:考查連詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。only if只要； even though即使； every time每次； as if好像。每犯一次錯誤，那些所要做的嘗試就會減少一個，從而你離成功也就更近一步。故選 C。
小題12:考查介詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。without 沒有；所有這些并不意味著你就該一個勁地往前沖，而不用考慮每一個錯誤的后果。故選B。
小題13:考查動詞短語及上下文的呼應(yīng)。want to想要； lead to 導(dǎo)致； tend to 注意 ； have to不得不。恰恰相反，在嘗試新事物時，你得注意設(shè)定一些合理的限度，以便當(dāng)事態(tài)不盡如人意時，你能夠再試一次。故選D。
小題14:考查動詞短語及上下文的呼應(yīng)。work out 解決； put out熄滅； run out 用完；sort out分類。以便當(dāng)事態(tài)不盡如人意時，你能夠再試一次。故選A。
小題15:考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。enough足夠的； much 許多； limited 有限的；little少的。在時間和金錢方面，我們的資源都是有限的，故選C。
小題16:考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。way方法； approach方法，接近； means 手段；suggestion建議。所以不要在一棵樹上吊死，不要把所有的時間和金錢都投入到一個問題的解決途徑上。這里approach與to連用，其他的不能，故選B。
小題17:考查動詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。make制造； follow 跟隨； take拿； offer提供。要明白，第一次可能不會盡善盡美，要合理分配這些資源，這樣你就能夠?qū)W習(xí)，改進(jìn)，并再次嘗試。Make corrections改正，改進(jìn)。故選A。
小題18:考查動詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。trying嘗試； avoiding避免； accepting接受； receiving收到。只有以這種方式欣然接受并利用你的錯誤，你才能在業(yè)務(wù)和事業(yè)上取得重大進(jìn)步。故選C。
小題19:考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。use使用； contribution貢獻(xiàn)； money 錢； advances前進(jìn)。你才能在業(yè)務(wù)和事業(yè)上取得重大進(jìn)步。故選D。
小題20:考查副詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。back 后退； forth 向前； off 離開； out離去。勇往直前，去犯錯誤吧。然后學(xué)習(xí)、成長，最后成功。故選B。
點(diǎn)評：由于完形填空的文章是一個意義相關(guān)聯(lián)的語篇，圍繞一個話題論述，因此在行文中詞語的重復(fù)、替代、復(fù)現(xiàn)和同現(xiàn)現(xiàn)象是不可避免的。根據(jù)這個原則，某一個空格所對應(yīng)的答案很可能就是在上下文中復(fù)現(xiàn)或同現(xiàn)的相關(guān)詞，考生可以根據(jù)這些詞之間的有機(jī)聯(lián)系來確定答案。所以，解題時應(yīng)聯(lián)系上下文尋找相關(guān)線索，如某一個詞的原詞、指代詞、同義詞、近義詞和概括詞等。但由于我們在做題時不可能總是重復(fù)地閱讀文章，因此，在做完形填空時要培養(yǎng)一種捕捉并記憶相關(guān)信息的能力。
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

I think that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most 36 thing we ever give to each other is our attention (注意力). Especially if it’s 37  from the heart. When people are talking, there’s no need to do 38  but receive them. Listen to what they’re saying. Care about it. Most times  39   about it is even more important than understanding it.
One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell her story, people often 40     to tell her that they once had something just 41  that happened to her. Her pain became a story about 42 . So, finally she stopped 43  to most people because she just felt too lonely. When we interrupt what someone is 44  to let them know that we understand, we 45  the  focus of attention to ourselves. But if we just 46 , they know we care. Many people with cancer can talk about the relief (寬慰) of having someone just listen.
I have 47  learned to respond to someone crying by just listening. I 48  that passing a person a tissue (面巾紙) may be just another 49  to shut them down and take them out of their experience of 50 . Now I just listen. When they have 51  all they need to cry, they find me there with them.
This 52  thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been taught since I was very 53 . I thought people listened only 54   they were too shy to speak or did not know the 55 . A loving silence often has far more power to heal than words.
小題1:
A．easyB．importantC．stupidD．terrible
小題2:
A．usedB．lostC．gotD．given
小題3:
A．a(chǎn)nything B．everything C．something D．nothing
小題4:
A．worrying B．complainingC．caring D．dreaming
小題5:
A．decidedB．managedC．preferred D．interrupted
小題6:
A．byB．like C．a(chǎn)bout D．with
小題7:
A．themselvesB．ourselvesC．himselfD．yourself
小題8:
A．workingB．studyingC．talkingD．smiling
小題9:
A．writingB．sayingC．readingD．copying
小題10:
A．learnB．stop C．leaveD．move
小題11:
A．smellB．speakC．listenD．watch
小題12:
A．evenB．hardlyC．earlyD．never
小題13:
A．explained B．realized C．expectedD．imagined
小題14:
A．questionB．touchC．loveD．way
小題15:
A．regretB．happinessC．sadnessD．a(chǎn)nger
小題16:
A．criedB．shouted C．calledD．whispered
小題17:
A．difficult B．simpleC．funnyD．whole
小題18:
A．oldB．tallC．youngD．beautiful
小題19:
A．if B．but C．or D．because
小題20:
A．planB．result C．a(chǎn)nswer D．a(chǎn)ward

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

As I write this, I have half an eye on an old James Bond film that is showing on my computer. But this is a story about how I stopped watching TV and began reading again for pleasure, after ten years in which I hardly turned a page.
I suppose I was an enthusiastic reader of "literature" between the ages of nine and fourteen. I had enough time to be White Fang, Robinson Crusoe, and Bilbo Baggins and Jeeves. Of course there was room in the schoolboy's imagination for some real historical figures: Scott of the Antarctic, all of the Vikings, and Benjamin Franklin were good friends of mine.
Then, in adolescence, I began a long search for strange and radical (激進(jìn)的) ideas. I wanted to challenge my elders and betters, and shock my fellow students with amazing points of view. Of course, the only place to look was in books. I hunted out the longest titles and the authors with the funniest names; I searched the library for completely unread books. Then I found one which became my bible for the whole of 1982, it had a title composed of eleven long words and an author whose name I didn't know how to pronounce. It was really thick and looked dead serious. Even better, it put forward a whole world-view that would take days to explain. Perfect. I took it out of the library three times, proud to see the date-stamps lined up on the empty library insert.
Later, I went to university. Expecting to spend long evenings in learned discussion with clever people, I started reading philosophy. For some reason I never found the deep-thinking intellectuals I hoped to meet. Anyway, I was ready to impress with my profound (深奧的) knowledge of post-structuralism, existentialism and situationism. These things are usually explained in rather short books, but they take a long time to get through. They were the end of my youthful reading.
Working life was hard to get used to after so much theory. It was the end of books for me. There didn't seem to be much in books that would actually get things done. To do things you had to answer the telephone and work a computer. You had to travel about and speak to people who weren't at all interested in philosophy. I didn't stop reading, you can't avoid that. I read all day. But no books came my way, only manuals (操作手冊) and contracts and documents. Maybe most people satisfy their need for stories and ideas with TV and, to tell the truth, it was all I needed for ten years. In those days I only had a book "on the go" for the duration of aeroplane flights. At first I would come home and watch TV over dinner. Then, I moved the TV so I could watch it from bed. I even got a switch so I could turn it off without getting out of bed. Then, one fateful day, my TV broke and my landlady took it away.
My new TV is an extra circuit board (電路板) inside my computer. It's on a desk in front of a working chair and I can't see it from the bed. I still use it for the weather forecasts and it's nice to have it on while I'm typing this… but what to do last thing at night? Well, have another go with books.
Now, I just like books. I have a pile of nice ones by my bed and I'm reading about six at the same time. I don't want to be any of the characters. I don't care if a thousand people have already read them. I don't have to search through libraries. There are books everywhere and all of them have something to read in them. I have the strange feeling that they've been there all along, waiting for me to pick them up.
小題1:The writer enjoyed reading “l(fā)iterature” between the ages of nine and fourteen because ________.
A．he thought it was important for a schoolboy to do so
B．he was still too young to understand other books
C．he believed all the real historical figures were his friends
D．he could imagine himself being the characters in the books
小題2:“Existentialism” (in paragraph 4) is probably ________.
A．a(chǎn) library intended for teenagersB．a(chǎn) kind of books on traditions
C．a(chǎn) philosophy theoryD．a(chǎn) kind of reading skill
小題3:The main reason the writer stopped reading books was that ________.
A．he found watching TV was more interesting
B．he became too busy to read any books
C．he found books were of little use to his work
D．he had to read a lot of manuals, contracts and documents
小題4:Now the writer starts to read books again ________.
A．to find back his youth in booksB．for the pure pleasure of reading
C．so as to help kill his spare timeD．for only business purposes
小題5:Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A．The Years with BooksB．Books and TV Programs
C．Don’t Judge a Book by Its CoverD．Reading Makes One Excellent

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

I looked at my beautiful Christmas tree and sighed. It was time. The New Year was a week old and my tree still stood in the corner of our room with its collection of memories proudly displayed in a shower of colorful lights. I’d procrastinated（拖延，耽擱）long enough.
I got up, went to the garage and dragged all the boxes into the room. The garland(花環(huán))was the first to come down. The tree looked naked(光禿禿的)already. I took the large ornament（裝飾物）off next. They made a large pile on our bed. An hour later, our bed was covered with Christmas memories. Each pile contained an ornament along with its matching brothers and sisters from sets purchased many years ago.
I prepared the boxes and carefully placed ornaments in their protective packaging, pausing every few minutes to admire a favorite. “Hey, little Santa!” I held the Santa from my childhood. “Thanks for being my friend for almost fifty years.” He was a little ragged but still gives me a flood of wonderful memories. “Until next year, my dear friend.”
There was a collection of handmade ones. My children made in the their first years of school, more than twenty years ago. Made by tiny hands, they are far from perfect in design, but every year they go on my memory tree－memories of young giggles(咯咯地笑)on Christmas morning and a smiling face when they handed them to me when I came home from work. “Look what we made, Daddy!”
“Oh! It is beautiful. Let’s find a special spot on the tree for it.” Every year since, they are displayed.
A few hours after I started, the filled boxes were back in the garage, the room was vacuumed(用吸塵器清掃)and I sat staring at a barren(空蕩蕩的)corner. The room seemed so empty. It took me two days of work to assemble(收集)and decorate my tree, but only a few hours to take it apart.
My tree is like a good marriage or a great friendship. Like the tree, they take a long time to assemble and decorate with memories, but can be torn down quickly.
Every year I have to put my tree away, but not my marriage or friendships. I take great care of those. They get to glow in the corner of my life for as long as I live. I get to analyze my tree and find memories for a few weeks every year. I can do the same with the loves in my life every day. Take great care of your friendships and your marriage. Once they come down, they aren’t as easy to put back together as a Christmas tree. Stand them in that special spot in the corner of your heart and admire their glow.
小題1:In the author’s eyes, the Christmas tree      .
A．is a collection of childhood memories
B．is a symbol of long-lasting relations
C．takes too much time to decorate
D．is full of out-of-date ornaments
小題2:To the author, a Christmas tree is similar to a good marriage in that      .
A．both take time to build but fall apart easily
B．both remind him of bittersweet memories
C．both need to be admired for some time
D．both get less attractive over the years
小題3:What is the main theme of the article?
A．We’d better put away Christmas decorations and recycle them each year.
B．Friendships and marriages should be valued and managed carefully.
C．Memories with friends and family should be cherished and relived.
D．We should decorate Christmas trees with personal stuff and recycle.

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I  1  a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a  2  moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of 3  for the coming test or sporting event.
In early grade school they  4  their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意識的), and 5  he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer  6  my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to  7  them but I still needed to write them, I 8  until the day he graduated.
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move  9 for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college,   10  two internship (實(shí)習(xí)) in Washington, D.C., and   11  , becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento, 12  short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was   13  happy to have Marc back. Since I was  14  making lunch for his younger brother, I    15   one for Marc, too. Imagine my  16  when I got a call from my 24-yere-old son,   17  his lunch.
“Did I do something   18 ? Don’t you love me  19  ,Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I  20  asked him what was wrong.
“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”
小題1:
A．carriedB．foundC．includedD．held
小題2:
A．difficultB．specialC．comfortableD．separate
小題3:
A．congratulationB．improvementC．explanationD．encouragement
小題4:
A．lovedB．a(chǎn)nsweredC．wroteD．examined
小題5:
A．latelyB．by the wayC．by the timeD．gradually
小題6:
A．receivedB．understoodC．enjoyedD．collected
小題7:
A．copyB．readC．takeD．send
小題8:
A．held upB．gave upC．followedD．continued
小題9:
A．outB．homeC．to collegeD．to Sacramento
小題10:
A．organizingB．planningC．comparingD．completing
小題11:
A．hopefullyB．finallyC．particularlyD．certainly
小題12:
A．Because ofB．Instead ofC．Except forD．As for
小題13:
A．especiallyB．immediatelyC．equallyD．generally
小題14:
A．onceB．a(chǎn)gainC．stillD．even
小題15:
A．packedB．fetchedC．boughtD．filled
小題16:
A．fearB．surpriseC．a(chǎn)ngerD．disappointment
小題17:
A．waiting forB．worrying aboutC．caring forD．a(chǎn)sking about
小題18:
A．wrongB．funnyC．strangeD．smart
小題19:
A．a(chǎn)ny moreB．enoughC．once moreD．better
小題20:
A．interestinglyB．bitterlyC．politelyD．laughingly

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